Mohamed Atta
Mohamed Atta (Arabic: محمد عطا; September 1, 1968 – September 11, 2001) was an Egyptian associate of al-Qaeda[1][2] and one of the leaders of the nineteen hijackers who carried out the September 11 attacks. He personally participated in the hijacking of American Airlines Flight 11, the first plane to crash into the World Trade Center during the September 11, 2001 attacks.[3]
| Mohamed Atta | |
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| Born | Mohamed Mohamed el-Amir Awad el-Sayed Atta 1 September 1968 Kafr El Sheikh, Egypt |
| Died | 11 September 2001 (aged 33) New York City, New York, U.S. |
| Allegiance | al-Qaeda |
| Motive | Motives for the September 11 attacks |
Mohamed Atta Media
Mohamed Atta (left) as a student in Germany, May 1993
The apartment Atta, Bahaji, and bin al-Shibh shared from 1998 until 2001 in Marienstrasse, Hamburg, Germany
Mohamed Atta's FAA Temporary Airman Certificate, issued December 21, 2000
Mohamed Atta's Florida driver's license, which he received on 2 May 2001
Atta (blue shirt) and Omari in the Portland International Jetport in Portland, Maine, on the morning of 11 September
At 8:46, Mohamed Atta crashed American Airlines Flight 11 into the North Tower, the final moments and crash of the flight was captured in frames by two automatic cameras set up in Brooklyn.
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References
- ↑ Richard Bernstein: On Path to the U.S. Skies, Plot Leader Met bin Laden. The New York Times, 2002-09-10
- ↑ Yosri Fouda: Chilling message of the 9/11 plots. The Sunday Times, 2006-10-1
- ↑ Federal Bureau of Investigation (September 27, 2001). "The FBI releases 19 photographs of individuals believed to be the hijackers of the four airliners that crashed on September 11, 01". Press release. Archived from the original on October 1, 2001. https://web.archive.org/web/20011001123059/http://www.fbi.gov/pressrel/pressrel01/092701hjpic.htm. Retrieved 2008-01-19.