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The Associated Press
Friday, Sept. 14, 2001; 4:21 p.m. EDT

Details emerging on the 19 men identified by the FBI as suspected hijackers aboard the four planes that crashed Tuesday, culled from government sources, public records, and news reports. The original spellings of the names came from the FBI and may vary.

PILOTS:

Mohamed Atta, on American Airlines Flight 11, which left Boston at 7:45 a.m. and crashed into the World Trade Center at 8:45 a.m.

Atta, 33, was born in the United Arab Emirates and is believed to be the cousin of suspected United Airlines Flight 175 hijacker Marwan Al-Shehhi.

Investigators say the two followed parallel paths.

Atta received pilot training at Huffman Aviation in Venice Fla., and took two three-hour courses at SimCenter Inc. in Opa-locka, Fla., where he trained on a Boeing 727 full-motion flight simulator.

Atta lived in Venice, Coral Springs and Hollywood, Fla., and Hamburg, Germany, investigators say. He held an Egyptian driver's license.

Atta studied electrical engineering for eight years at the Technical University in Hamburg and had ties to an Islamic fundamentalist group that planned attacks on American targets, German investigators say. He and Al-Shehhi left for the United States in May.

Both went to a sports bar in Hollywood last Friday night. Atta played video games while Al-Shehhi drank with another man.

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Marwan Al-Shehhi, on United Airlines Flight 175, which left Boston at 7:58 a.m. and crashed into the World Trade Center at 9:05 a.m.

Al-Shehhi, 23, was born in the United Arab Emirates.

Like his cousin Atta, Al-Shehhi received pilot training at Huffman Aviation in Venice, Fla., and took two courses at SimCenter Inc. in Opa-locka, Fla., where he also trained on a Boeing 727 flight simulator.

Al-Shehhi lived in Venice and Nokomis, Fla. He studied electrical engineering for one year at the Technical University in Hamburg and had connections to Islamic extremists. He and Atta lived together in Venice, Fla., and in Hamburg.

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Hani Hanjour, on American Airlines Flight 77, which left Washington, D.C., at 8:10 a.m. and crashed into the Pentagon at 9:39 a.m.

Hanjour may have lived in Phoenix, Ariz., and San Diego, Calif.

Federal Aviation Administration records show a Hani Hanjoor as receiving a commercial pilot's license in 1999 and listing a post office box in Saudi Arabia as his address.

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Wail Alshehri, on Flight 11.

Alshehri, 28, may have lived in Hollywood, Fla., and Newton, Mass.

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Waleed M. Alshehri, on Flight 11.

Alshehri, 25, lived in Daytona Beach, Fla., and may also have lived in Hollywood, Fla.

Alshehri graduated from Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University in Daytona Beach in 1997 with a bachelor's degree in aeronautical science, the university's commercial pilot training degree, and had a commercial pilot's license.

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Abdul Alomari, on Flight 11.

Alomari, believed to be 38, lived in Vero Beach, Fla., with his wife and four school-aged children. He paid $1,400 per month in rent.

Alomari gave his landlord 30 days notice and said he would be out of the house by the end of August. Then he pushed the date back until Sept. 3 and moved out that day, telling his landlord he was going back home.

Alomari was rated as a private pilot and flight engineer, listing his address as Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, according to FAA records. He listed his previous employer as Saudi Flight Ops, which handles maintenance for Saudi Arabian Airlines at Kennedy airport in New York.

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Ziad Jarrahi, on United Airlines Flight 93, which left Newark, N.J., at 8:01 a.m. and crashed in Stony Creek Township, Pa., at 10:10 a.m.

FAA records show a Hamburg, Germany, pilot's listing for a Ziad Jarrah.

OTHERS:

Khalid Al-Midhar, on Flight 77.

Al-Midhar may have lived in Los Angeles and New York. He had a B-1 Visa that covered business-related travel and was good for up to a year, and an expired B-2 Visa, a travel visa, good for up to a year.

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Majed Moqed, on Flight 77. No information released by FBI.

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Nawaq Alhamzi, on Flight 77.

Alhamzi may have lived in Fort Lee and Wayne, N.J., and Los Angeles.

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Salem Alhamzi, on Flight 77.

Alhamzi may have lived in Fort Lee and Wayne, N.J.

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Satam Al Suqami, on Flight 11.

Al Suqami said he was 25. He is from the United Arab Emirates.

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Fayez Ahmed, on Flight 175.

Ahmed may have lived in Delray Beach, Fla.

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Ahmed Alghamdi, on Flight 175.

Alghamdi lived in Vienna, Va., and may have lived in Delray Beach, Fla.

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Hamza Alghamdi, on Flight 175.

Alghamdi may have lived in Delray Beach, Fla.

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Mohald Alshehri, on Flight 175.

Alshehri may have lived in Delray Beach, Fla.

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Saeed Alghamdi, on Flight 93.

Alghamdi may have lived in Delray Beach, Fla.

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Ahmed Alhaznawi, on Flight 93.

Alhaznawi listed his age as 20. He may have lived in Delray Beach, Fla.

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Ahmed Alnami, on Flight 93.

Alnami may have lived in Delray Beach, Fla.

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