Saeed al-Ghamdi

9/11 hijacker Date Of Birth : 1979-11-21T00:00:00Z Date Of Death : 2001-09-11T00:00:00Z

Saeed Abdullah Ali Sulayman al-Ghamdi (Arabic: سعيد الغامدي, romanized: Sa’īd al-Ghāmdī; 21 November 1979 – 11 September 2001) was a Saudi terrorist hijacker. He was one of four terrorist hijackers of United Airlines Flight 93 as part of the 11 September attacks. Despite his name, he was not related to the brothers Hamza al-Ghamdi or Ahmed al-Ghamdi who were part of the team that hijacked United Airlines Flight 175.
Born in Saudi Arabia, al-Ghamdi left his home to fight in Chechnya after dropping out of college, but was reported to have diverted to Afghanistan to train in an al-Qaeda camp. It was reported he was chosen by Osama bin Laden to participate in terrorist attacks in the United States and arrived in the U.S. in June 2001. During his stay in the U.S., he quietly settled in Florida, planning out how the attacks would commence and training on flight simulators.
On 11 September 2001, he boarded United 93 and assisted in the hijacking of the plane, which was diverted toward Washington D.C. under the control of lead hijacker and trained pilot Ziad Jarrah so that Jarrah could crash the plane into either the U.S. Capitol or the White House, as part of the coordinated attacks. The plane instead crashed into a field in Somerset County, Pennsylvania, after the passengers attempted to retake control of the plane in an uprising.

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  • Other Names :Saeed al-Ghamdi,Said al-Ghamdi,Said el-Gamdi,Саид аль-Гамди,סעיד א-ג'אמדי,سعيد الغامدي,ซาอีด อัล-ฮัซ,サイード・アル=ガムディー,萨伊德·艾尔-甘穆迪,賽義德·阿勒-加馬蒂,사이드 알 - 감디
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  • Country : Saudi Arabia
  • Born on 11 September