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Satam al-Suqami
Satam Muhammad Abd al-Rahman al-Suqami (Arabic: سطَّام مُحَمَّدُ عَبْدِ اَلرَّحْمَـٰن السُّقامي, romanized: Saṭām Muḥammad ʿAbd ar-Raḥmān as-Suqāmī; June 28, 1976 – September 11, 2001) was a Saudi terrorist hijacker. He was one of five hijackers of American Airlines Flight 11 as part of the September 11 attacks in 2001.
Al-Suqami was recruited into al-Qaeda around 1999, along with his friend Majed Moqed, who was one of the hijackers of American Airlines Flight 77. He traveled to Taliban-controlled Afghanistan where he would be chosen to participate in the 9/11 attacks.
He arrived in the United States in April 2001. On September 11, 2001, al-Suqami boarded American Airlines Flight 11 and participated in the hijacking of the plane so that it could be crashed into the North Tower of the World Trade Center as part of the coordinated attacks. He is believed to have perpetrated the first fatality of the attacks in killing passenger Daniel Lewin in the process of hijacking the plane. Al-Suqami died along with everyone else on the plane on impact with the North Tower.
Little is known about the early life of Satam al-Suqami. A native of Riyadh, the capital of Saudi Arabia, he had very little education. At some point in his life, al-Suqami reportedly worked as a security guard for a hospital in Ta'if. He appeared to be unconcerned with religion, engaged in drinking, and may have had problems with drug and alcohol abuse. He was not known by Saudi authorities to be engaged in extremist activities, but he had a minor criminal record. Most Saudi muscle hijackers developed their ties to extremism inside Saudi Arabia, often in local mosques, and most started to break contact with their families in 1999 or 2000. Al-Suqami reportedly travelled to Afghanistan in 1999 along with Majed Moqed (eventual hijacker of American Airlines Flight 77). Both trained for al-Qaeda at Khalden training camp, a large training facility in Paktia province that was run by Ibn al-Shaykh al-Libi. Both al-Suqami and Moqed seem not to have any ties to each other or to any other al-Qaeda operatives before getting involved with extremism, most likely in 1999.
The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) says al-Suqami first arrived in the United States on April 23, 2001, with a visa that allowed him to remain in the country until May 21. However, at least five residents of the Spanish Trace Apartments claim to recognize the photographs of both al-Suqami and Salem al-Hazmi, the younger brother of 9/11 hijacker Nawaf al-Hazmi, as living in the San Antonio complex earlier in 2001. Although, these residents and several others who claim to have known the hijackers, claim that the FBI photographs of al-Suqami and al-Hazmi are reversed. Other reports conflictingly suggested that al-Suqami was staying with Waleed al-Shehri in Hollywood, Florida, and rented a black Toyota Corolla from Alamo Rent-A-Car agency.[citation needed]
On May 19, al-Suqami and Waleed al-Shehri took a flight from Fort Lauderdale to Freeport, Bahamas where they had reservations at the Princess Resort. Lacking proper documentation however, they were stopped upon landing, and returned to Florida the same day and rented a red Kia Rio from a Avis Car Rental agency.
He was one of nine hijackers to open a SunTrust bank account with a cash deposit around June 2001. On July 3, he used his Saudi license to gain a Florida identification card bearing the same home address as Wail al-Shehri, a Homing Inn in Boynton Beach. Despite this, the 9/11 Commission claims that al-Suqami was the only hijacker to not have any US identification.
During the summer, al-Suqami and brothers Wail and Waleed al-Shehri purchased one month passes to a Boynton Beach gym owned by Jim Woolard. (Mohamed Atta and Marwan al-Shehhi also reportedly trained at a gym owned by Woolard, in Delray Beach.)
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Satam al-Suqami
Satam Muhammad Abd al-Rahman al-Suqami (Arabic: سطَّام مُحَمَّدُ عَبْدِ اَلرَّحْمَـٰن السُّقامي, romanized: Saṭām Muḥammad ʿAbd ar-Raḥmān as-Suqāmī; June 28, 1976 – September 11, 2001) was a Saudi terrorist hijacker. He was one of five hijackers of American Airlines Flight 11 as part of the September 11 attacks in 2001.
Al-Suqami was recruited into al-Qaeda around 1999, along with his friend Majed Moqed, who was one of the hijackers of American Airlines Flight 77. He traveled to Taliban-controlled Afghanistan where he would be chosen to participate in the 9/11 attacks.
He arrived in the United States in April 2001. On September 11, 2001, al-Suqami boarded American Airlines Flight 11 and participated in the hijacking of the plane so that it could be crashed into the North Tower of the World Trade Center as part of the coordinated attacks. He is believed to have perpetrated the first fatality of the attacks in killing passenger Daniel Lewin in the process of hijacking the plane. Al-Suqami died along with everyone else on the plane on impact with the North Tower.
Little is known about the early life of Satam al-Suqami. A native of Riyadh, the capital of Saudi Arabia, he had very little education. At some point in his life, al-Suqami reportedly worked as a security guard for a hospital in Ta'if. He appeared to be unconcerned with religion, engaged in drinking, and may have had problems with drug and alcohol abuse. He was not known by Saudi authorities to be engaged in extremist activities, but he had a minor criminal record. Most Saudi muscle hijackers developed their ties to extremism inside Saudi Arabia, often in local mosques, and most started to break contact with their families in 1999 or 2000. Al-Suqami reportedly travelled to Afghanistan in 1999 along with Majed Moqed (eventual hijacker of American Airlines Flight 77). Both trained for al-Qaeda at Khalden training camp, a large training facility in Paktia province that was run by Ibn al-Shaykh al-Libi. Both al-Suqami and Moqed seem not to have any ties to each other or to any other al-Qaeda operatives before getting involved with extremism, most likely in 1999.
The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) says al-Suqami first arrived in the United States on April 23, 2001, with a visa that allowed him to remain in the country until May 21. However, at least five residents of the Spanish Trace Apartments claim to recognize the photographs of both al-Suqami and Salem al-Hazmi, the younger brother of 9/11 hijacker Nawaf al-Hazmi, as living in the San Antonio complex earlier in 2001. Although, these residents and several others who claim to have known the hijackers, claim that the FBI photographs of al-Suqami and al-Hazmi are reversed. Other reports conflictingly suggested that al-Suqami was staying with Waleed al-Shehri in Hollywood, Florida, and rented a black Toyota Corolla from Alamo Rent-A-Car agency.[citation needed]
On May 19, al-Suqami and Waleed al-Shehri took a flight from Fort Lauderdale to Freeport, Bahamas where they had reservations at the Princess Resort. Lacking proper documentation however, they were stopped upon landing, and returned to Florida the same day and rented a red Kia Rio from a Avis Car Rental agency.
He was one of nine hijackers to open a SunTrust bank account with a cash deposit around June 2001. On July 3, he used his Saudi license to gain a Florida identification card bearing the same home address as Wail al-Shehri, a Homing Inn in Boynton Beach. Despite this, the 9/11 Commission claims that al-Suqami was the only hijacker to not have any US identification.
During the summer, al-Suqami and brothers Wail and Waleed al-Shehri purchased one month passes to a Boynton Beach gym owned by Jim Woolard. (Mohamed Atta and Marwan al-Shehhi also reportedly trained at a gym owned by Woolard, in Delray Beach.)