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"When the hour of reality approaches, the zero hour... wholeheartedly welcome death for the sake of God. Always be remembering God. Either end your life while praying, seconds before the target, or make your last words: "There is no God but God, Muhammad is his messenger."" -Mohamed Atta

The September 11 Hijackers were nineteen members of the terrorist organization Al-Qaeda that hijacked four American airliners on September 11, 2001 and crashed them on the North and South Towers of the World Trade Center in New York City and The Pentagon in Arlington County, Virginia, across the Potomac from Washington, DC. The fourth airliner crashed near Shanksville, Pennsylvania while en route to its objective, which remains unknown. With almost 3,000 direct fatalities and over 6,000 injured accounted, the September 11 or 9/11 Attacks are the deadliest terrorist action ever perpetrated in human history.

The Hijackers
Note: All hijackers died on September 11, 2001.

American Airlines Flight 11

 * Hijacker-Pilot: Mohamed Atta (b.September 1, 1968)
 * Born in Kafr el-Sheikh Governorate, Egypt and raised in Cairo
 * Ringleader of the operation
 * Architecture graduate
 * Abdulaziz al-Omari (b.May 28, 1979)
 * Born in Saudi Arabia
 * Imam
 * Wail al-Shehri (b.July 31, 1973)
 * Born in Khamis Mushait, 'Asir province, Saudi Arabia
 * Brother of Waleed al-Shehri
 * Elementary school teacher
 * Treated by a religious healer in Medina, for mental problems, in 2000
 * Waleed al-Shehri (b.December 20, 1978)
 * Born in Khamis Mushait, 'Asir province, Saudi Arabia
 * Brother of Wail al-Shehri
 * Teaching school student
 * Satam al-Suqami (b.June 28, 1976)
 * Born in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
 * Law student
 * College mate of Majed Moqed

United Airlines Flight 175

 * Hijacker-Pilot: Marwan al-Shehhi (b.May 9, 1978)
 * Born in Ras al-Khaimah, United Arab Emirates
 * Member of the UAE military
 * Studied shipbuilding in Hamburg, Germany as part of a military scholarship program
 * Fayez Banihammad (b.March 19, 1977)
 * Born in Khorfakkan, United Arab Emirates
 * IIRO volunteer in Saudi Arabia and the Philippines
 * Mohand al-Shehri (b.August 17, 1979)
 * Born in 'Asir province, Saudi Arabia
 * Dropped out of college to fight in Chechnya in 2000
 * Hamza al-Ghamdi (b.November 18, 1980)
 * Born in Al Bahah province, Saudi Arabia
 * Brother of Ahmed al-Ghamdi
 * Left his family to fight in Chechnya in 2000
 * Ahmed al-Ghamdi (b.July 2, 1979)
 * Born in Al Bahah province, Saudi Arabia
 * Brother of Hamza al-Ghamdi
 * Imam
 * Quit school to fight in Chechnya in 2000

American Airlines Flight 77

 * Hijacker-Pilot: Hani Hanjour (b.August 13, 1972)
 * Born in Ta'if, Saudi Arabia
 * Civil aviation school graduate
 * Relief worker in Afghanistan during the 1980s
 * Khalid al-Mihdhar (b.May 16, 1975)
 * Born in Mecca, Saudi Arabia
 * Fought in Bosnia with Nawaf al-Hazmi
 * Member of the prominent Quraysh tribe
 * Majed Moqed (b.June 18, 1977)
 * Born in Al-Nakhil, Saudi Arabia
 * Law student
 * College mate of Satam al-Suqami
 * Nawaf al-Hazmi (b.August 9, 1976)
 * Born in Mecca, Saudi Arabia
 * Brother of Salem al-Hazmi
 * Fought in Bosnia with Khalid al-Mihdhar, in Afghanistan against the Northern Alliance and possibly in Chechnya
 * Had a large scar on his forearm, which he claimed was the result of his father trying to kill him as a child
 * Salem al-Hazmi (b.February 2, 1981)
 * Born in Mecca, Saudi Arabia
 * Brother of Nawaf al-Hazmi
 * Alcoholic teen delinquent before joining Al-Qaeda
 * Believed to have fought in Afghanistan and/or Chechnya

United Airlines Flight 93

 * Hijacker-Pilot: Ziad Jarrah (b.May 11, 1975)
 * Born in a wealthy, secular family of Beirut, Lebanon
 * Worked in a paint shop of Wolfsburg, Germany while studying aerospace engineering in Hamburg
 * Only hijacker that kept contact with his family and a girlfriend while preparing the attacks
 * Expressed doubts about the attacks and was almost replaced at one point
 * His cousin Ali al-Jarrah spied for Israel between 1983 and 2008
 * Ahmed al-Haznawi (b.October 11, 1980)
 * Born in Hazna, Al Bahah province, Saudi Arabia
 * Shared tribal affiliation with the al-Ghamdis
 * Left his family to fight in Chechnya in 2000
 * Ahmed al-Nami (b.August 17, 1977)
 * Born in 'Asir province, Saudi Arabia
 * Muezzin and college student
 * Last seen by his family when he left in 2000 to make the Hajj
 * Member of the Quraysh tribe
 * Saeed al-Ghamdi (b.November 21, 1979)
 * Born in Al Bahah province, Saudi Arabia
 * Shared tribal affiliation with al-Haznawi and the other al-Ghamdis, but was not closely related to them
 * Dropped out of college to fight in Chechnya in 1999 or 2000

The "20th hijacker"
The fact that the number of hijackers was short of one to make an even 20 and that the only airliner hijacked by four terrorists rather than five failed to reach its objective (United 93) has led some to speculate that an additional Al-Qaeda member was expected to take part in the attacks but that he was unable to join in for some reason, but the evidence is inconclusive at best. Popular "20th hijacker" candidates include Mohammed al-Qahtani, a Saudi citizen that was denied entry by US Immigration on August 3, 2001 and was captured in Afghanistan on June 2002, being held in Guantanamo Bay since then; Zacarias Moussaoui, a French-Moroccan arrested in Minnesota on August 16, 2001, serving six life sentences since 2002 after pleading guilty to conspiracy to commit acts of terrorism, air piracy and destroy aircraft; and Fawaz al-Nashimi, another Saudi who claimed to be the 20th hijacker on a propaganda video and was killed during a shootout with Saudi police in 2004, following the Khobar massacre.

Modus Operandi
"We have some planes. Just stay quiet and you will be okay. We are returning to the airport. Nobody move, everything will be okay. If you try to make any moves you'll endanger yourself and the airplane." -Mohamed Atta

Profile
"I come to you with men who love death just as much as you love life." -Ziad Jarrah

Known Victims
Note: In addition, over 6,000 people were directly injured by the attacks, and three died of respiratory conditions caused, or worsened by exposure to the dust cloud caused by the collapse of the WTC, in 2002, 2008 and 2011. As of August 2013, 1,140 people who resided or worked in Lower Manhattan had developed cancer because of exposure to asbestos used in the construction of the WTC in 1973, and it is expected that new cases will be diagnosed for decades after the attacks.
 * The Attack on the World Trade Center:
 * 76 passengers and 11 crew aboard American Airlines Flight 11
 * 51 passengers and 9 crew aboard United Airlines Flight 175
 * 343 members of the New York City Fire Department including:
 * 1 fire marshal
 * 70 other law enforcement officers, including:
 * 23 members of the New York City Police Department
 * 37 members of the Port Authority Police Department
 * 5 members of the New York State Office of Tax Enforcement
 * 3 officers of the New York State Office of Court Administration
 * 1 member of the Federal Bureau of Investigation
 * 1 member of the United States Secret Service
 * 8 EMTs and paramedics
 * 2,186 non-responding civilians
 * The Attack on the Pentagon:
 * 53 passengers and 6 crew aboard American Airlines Flight 77
 * 125 members of the Pentagon's staff, including:
 * 22 United States Army soldiers
 * 47 civilian Army employees
 * 6 Army contractors
 * 33 United States Navy soldiers
 * 6 civilian Navy employees
 * 3 Navy contractors
 * 7 Defense Intelligence Agency employees
 * 1 Office of the Secretary of Defense contractor
 * The Shanksville air crash:
 * 33 passengers and 7 crew aboard United Airlines Flight 93