The banality of evil
The terrorists hung out, did laundry. Then they murdered
June 29, 2001 Arrived in Los Angeles on a Saudi passport
Aug. 23, 2001 Placed on watch list.
Aug. 23-Sept. 11, 2001 May have stayed at the Valencia Motel in Laurel, Md.
Aug. 25-28, 2001 All hijackers booked tickets, some via the Internet.
Sept. 5, 2001 Paid for ticket in Baltimore
Sept. 2001 Gold's Gym
Sept. 11, 2001 Boarded Flight 77.
Nawaq Alhamzi
Born 08/09/1976
May have entered and left the U.S. at least twice between 1999 and 2001. Bought a 1988 Toyota in San Diego with Al-Midhar and in May 2000, he took introductory flight lessons with him.
Jan. 2000 Entered United States in Los Angeles on a tourist visa.
Feb. 2000 Rented room in San Diego with Al-Midhar
Feb. 28, 2000 Bought car with Al-Midhar in San Diego.
May 2000 Took flying lessons in San Diego with Al-Midhar.
June 25, 2001 Issued Florida driver's license.
June 29, 2001 Arrived in L.A. with Al-Midhar.
Aug. 23, 2001 Placed on watch list.
Aug. 25, 2001 Booked two plane tickets via Internet.
August 2001 Valencia Motel
Sept. 1 Stayed at Pin-Del Motel, Laurel, Md. Ziad Jarrahi, a hijacker on United Flight 93, had stayed at the same motel.
Sept. 2001 Gold's Gym
Sept. 11 Boarded Flight 77.
Salem Alhamzi
Born 02/02/1981
Arrived from Zurich in June with a Saudi passport and a tourist visa. Like Nawaq, possibly his brother, he used an address in Fort Lee, N.J., and may have lived in New York.
June 29, 2001 Arrived at JFK Airport in New York on Saudi passport.
Aug. 25-28, 2001 Booked plane ticket using same Fort Lee, N.J. address as his brother.
Aug. 2001 Valencia Motel
Sept. 2-6 Worked out with fellow hijackers at Gold's Gym in Greenbelt, Md.
Sept. 11 Boarded Flight 77.
Majed Moqed
Born 06/18/1977
Little is known about his entry into the U.S., but he may have rented a room at a Laurel, Md., motel on August 23. Two weeks later he worked out with the others at a nearby gym.
Aug. 25-28 Booked plane ticket using same frequent-flier number as Al-Midhar.
Aug. 2001 Valencia Motel
Sept. 2001 Gold's Gym
Sept. 5, 2001 Paid for ticket in cash in Baltimore.
Sept. 11, 2001 Boarded Flight 77.
Hani Hanjour
Born 08/30/1972
Apparently the most accomplished pilot in the group, he held an expired commercial license issued by the FAA. In August he flew over the Washington, D.C., area several times.
1996-1997 Took pilot's lessons in Arizona
April 1999 Obtained pilot's license
Dec. 2000 Arrived at Cincinnati from Paris on a student visa. He was to attend a school in Oakland, Calif., but never showed up.
Aug. 2001 Flew over Washington, D.C. area several times in small private plane with flight instructors from Freeway Airport in Bowie, Md. Described as a lousy pilot but had 600 hours of flight time.
Aug. 2001 Booked tickets
Aug. 2001 Valencia Motel
Sept. 2001 Gold's Gym
Sept. 11, 2001 Boarded Flight 77.
Note: The names of the hijackers appear as provided by the FBI. Their names and birth dates may not be their real ones.
Reporting by Douglas Pasternak with Sheila Thalhimer, Nancy Bentrup, Alexa Keefe, Monica Ekman, Carol Hook, Mark Madden, Ann Wakefield, Anne Bradley, Carmen Harris; Stephen Rountree--USN&WR
With SUSAN HEADDEN, ANGIE CANNON, MARIANNE LAVELLE, EDWARD T. POUND, CHITRA RAGAVAN, KIT R. ROANE, DOUGLAS PASTERNAK, MICHAEL SCHAFFER, CAROL FLAKE CHAPMAN and THE U.S. NEWS LIBRARY
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