In Florida, Marwan al-Shehhi roomed with flight-school buddy Mohammed Atta. The two men may not have behaved like the 'bad Muslims' of post-9/11 reports.
August 8, 2001:
Marwan Al-Shehhi pays for 70 minutes of flight time on a single engine Piper Warrior airplane at Kemper Aviation, located in Lantana, Florida. He had visited the private flight school on July 28th and 30th for ground and in air instruction, each time paying with cash or with his VISA debit card.Flight 175 into the south tower of the World Trade Center in New York, was the youngest of the four pilots and one of three of the so-called"Hamburg Four.
On August 8, 2001, Marwan al-Shehhi paid for flying time to practice piloting skills. On September 11, he hijacked United Airlines flight 175 and flew it into the South Tower of the World Trade Center.Al-Shehhi and Atta had been inseparable since 1999, when they met, and had both originated their journeys in Hamburg, Germany. The young Emirati, a sergeant in the UAE Armed Forces, had arrived in that country two years earlier at age 18 with a government paid scholarship to study engineering.
Al-Shehhi and Atta moved to Florida, lived together and began flight training at the same school in Venice. Despite much hype, they lived normal American lives, renting apartments and houses, buying a car, and attending flight school, where they both received their pilot's licenses by the end of 2000. We know this today because themade a meticulous reconstruction of the lives of the 19 hijackers, and particularly the four pilots, after 9/11.
Hijackers Atta and al-Shehhi were roommates in Florida. Undated photos of suspected hijackers of American Airlines flight #11. Waleed M. Alshehri, Mohammed Atta, Wail M. Alshehri, Abdulaziz Alomari, and Satam M.A. al-Suqami.
United States Latest News, United States Headlines
Similar News:You can also read news stories similar to this one that we have collected from other news sources.
9/11 families to President Biden: Don’t come to our memorial eventsNearly 1,800 victims’ relatives, first responders and survivors are calling on President Biden to refrain from attending any memorials over his refusal to release Sept. 11 documents.
Read more »
11 Things That’ll Almost Definitely Sell Out: From Paul McCobb to Peppa PigThis week's roundup of the Internet's most-anticipated new releases ranges from a limited-edition white truffle sauce from Rao's to Peppa Pig rainboots
Read more »
Wuhan's 11 million residents to be tested amid new Covid casesChina suspends flights and trains, and announces citywide testing of Wuhan's 11,000,000 residents as widening outbreaks of the delta variant reached the city where Covid-19 was first detected in late 2019.
Read more »
White House says it's working with 9/11 families after they ask Biden to skip memorialsAs the 20th anniversary of the September 11 attacks approaches, the White House is defending its handling of classified federal evidence that victims' families have been seeking on the role that Saudi Arabia possibly played..
Read more »
With 11 Career Olympic Medals, Allyson Felix Has Now Broken 2 Track and Field RecordsAllyson Felix has a total of 11 Olympic medals: seven gold, three silver, and one bronze. She's the most decorated athlete in women's track and field.
Read more »
Australia's Victoria reports 11 COVID-19 casesAustralia's second most populous state Victoria reported 11 new locally acquired coronavirus cases on Sunday, as the state remains under a seven-day strict lockdown imposed earlier this week to reign in the highly infectious Delta variant.
Read more »