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9-11 Suicide Pilot

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Marwan al-Shehhi

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	Importance	Medium
	Means of Death	Suicide hijacker
	Date of Death	Sept. 11, 2001
	Location of Death	New York, New York, United States
	Affiliation	9-11 plotters
	Role	Pilot
	Supervisor	Mohamed Atta
	Affiliation	Hamburg Cell
	Affiliation	United Airlines Flight 175 Hijackers
	Affiliation	Al-Qaeda
	Full Given Name	Marwan Yousef Muhammed Rashid Lekrab al-Shehhi
	Nationality	United Arab Emirates
	Alternate Spelling(s)	Marwan Alshehhi
	Age at Death	23
	Date of Birth	May 9, 1978¹
	Place of Birth	Ras al Khaimah, United Arab Emirates¹
	Gender	Male
	History	Attended training camp in postwar Afghanistan (1990-2001)

Narrative and Notes

	Reliable	Son of a prayer leader in a local mosque in the UAE. He graduated from high school in 1995, and joined the Emirati military. He served as a sergeant in the army and was admitted to a military scholarship program that funded his continued study in Germany. He moved to Germany in April 1996; he wore Western clothes, rented cars for trips around Europe, and was regarded as outgoing. He was a steadfast Muslim, praying to Mecca five times daily, but a poor student. He grew steadily more religious, eschewing restaurants that used or served alcohol, and ultimately foregoing any semblance of a comfortable lifestyle in the late 1990s.¹

Sources
¹ The 9-11 Commission Final Report, July 22, 2004, Chapter 5.3.
Photos (left to right): FBI; Government exhibit, United States vs. Moussaoui

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Marwan al-Shehhi

9-11 Suicide Pilot