Hijackers in the September 11 attacks

There were 19 hijackers in the September 11 attacks, part of an Islamist terrorist group called al-Qaeda. The 19 hijackers hijacked four aircraft; American Airlines Flight 11 had five hijackers and was flown into the North Tower of the World Trade Center, United Airlines Flight 175 had five hijackers and was flown into the South Tower of the World Trade Center, American Airlines Flight 77 had five hijackers and was flown into The Pentagon, and United Airlines Flight 93 had four hijackers and crashed outside of Shanksville, Pennsylvania.^[1]

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Mohamed Atta was the leader of the hijackers, and helped carry out the attacks. (Pilot-hijackers in bold)

Flight	Name	Age	Nationality
American Airlines Flight 11	Mohamed Atta	33	Egypt
	Abdulaziz al-Omari	22	Saudi Arabia
	Wail al-Shehri	28
	Waleed al-Shehri	22
	Satam al-Suqami	25
United Airlines Flight 175	Marwan al-Shehhi	23	UAE
	Fayez Banihammad	24
	Mohand al-Shehri	22	Saudi Arabia
	Hamza al-Ghamdi	20
	Ahmed al-Ghamdi	22
American Airlines Flight 77	Hani Hanjour	29
	Khalid al-Mihdhar	26
	Majed Moqed	24
	Nawaf al-Hazmi	25
	Salem al-Hazmi	20
United Airlines Flight 93	Ziad Jarrah	26	Lebanon
	Ahmed al-Haznawi	20	Saudi Arabia
	Ahmed al-Nami	24
	Saeed al-Ghamdi	21