Details of hijackers released

September 28, 2001 Posted: 7:46 a.m. EDT (1146 GMT)

(CNN) -- The following is a list of the 19 men identified by U.S. investigators as the suspected hijackers aboard the four airliners that crashed September 11, 2001, into the World Trade Center in New York, the Pentagon, and Stony Creek Township, Pennsylvania.

Authorities noted that the names used by the suspects may have been stolen identities.

American Airlines Flight 11

Boston-Los Angeles flight; crashed into North Tower of World Trade Center

Waleed Alshehri

• Possible confused identity with the son of a Saudi Arabian diplomat
• Possibly lived in Florida and Virginia
• Possibly was a pilot
• Stayed in Newton, Massachusetts, the night before the plane crash
• Seated near Atta and Alomari on the plane
• Used a rented address in Hollywood, Florida, when ordering his plane ticket

Wail M. Alshehri

• Possible confused identity with the son of a Saudi Arabian diplomat
• Used a rented address in Hollywood, Florida, when ordering his plane ticket
• Stayed in Newton, Massachusetts, the night before the plane crash

Satam M.A. Al Suqami

• Possibly lived in Florida
• Sat in seat 10B

Mohamed Atta

• Believed to have piloted first plane into World Trade Center
• Studied in Hamburg, Germany
• Received flight training in Florida
• Met with Iraqi intelligence official in Prague

Abdulaziz Alomari
• Identity is in dispute
• Possibly lived in Hollywood, Florida
• Flew to Boston from Portland, Maine, with Atta
• Seen on surveillance footage with Atta at Portland airport

United Airlines Flight 93

Newark, New Jersey-San Francisco; crashed in rural Pennsylvania

Saeed Alghamdi

• Identity is disputed
• Possibly lived in Delray Beach, Florida
• Received flight training in Vero Beach, Florida
• Paid cash for one-way ticket to Newark, New Jersey

Ahmad Ibrahim A. Al Haznawi

• Possibly lived in Delray Beach, Florida

Ahmed Alnami

• Possibly lived in Delray Beach, Florida
• Paid cash for one-way ticket to Newark, New Jersey

Ziad Samir Jarrah

• Believed to be Lebanese
• Possibly lived in Hollywood, Florida, and Hamburg, Germany
• Received flight training in southern Florida

United Airlines Flight 175

Boston-Los Angeles flight; crashed into South Tower of World Trade Center

Marwan Al-Shehhi

• Closely associated with Mohamed Atta
• Studied at Technical University in Hamburg, Germany
• Attended flight school at Huffman Aviation in Florida

Fayez Banihammad

• Possibly lived in Delray Beach, Florida
• Bought plane ticket on August 29 using a Mailboxes Etc. address
• On plane, sat in seat 2A adjacent to Mohand Alshehri

Ahmed Alghamdi

• Lived in Florida
• May have lived in Virginia
• Lost his driver's license in 1995 for failing to pay a traffic fine
• Bought plane ticket on August 29 through the Internet using a Mailboxes Etc. address
• Saudi newspapers report that he lived in the Baha region of Saudi Arabia

Hamza Alghamdi

• Lived in Florida
• Used a Mailboxes Etc. address to obtain a driver's license
• Bought plane ticket on August 29 through the Internet using a Mailboxes Etc.address
• Purchased adjacent seat to Ahmed Alghamdi for the flight

Mohand Alshehri

• Saudi Embassy has named Alshehri as a victim of mistaken identity
• The hijacking suspect was issued a Florida identification card on July 2, 2001
• Possibly lived in Florida
• On plane, sat in seat 2B adjacent to Fayez Banihammad

American Airlines Flight 77

Dulles-Los Angeles flight; crashed into the Pentagon

Khalid Almihdhar

• May be an assumed name; there are reports he is still alive
• Lived in Parkwood Apartments, San Diego, with Nawaf Alhamzi
• Booked his ticket for Flight 77 via the American Airlines Web site;, paid cash when picking up the ticket at Baltimore/Washington International Airport on September 5

Majed Moqed

• Virginia driver's license
• Booked his ticket for Flight 77 via the American Airlines Web site; paid cash when picking up the ticket at Baltimore/Washington International Airport on September 5, as did Almihdhar

Nawaf Alhazmi

• Virgina drivers license
• Seated in seat 5C
• Associated with addresses in New Jersey, California and Virgina
• Bought ticket online through Travelocity

Salem Alhazmi

• May be a a stolen identity
• Associated with addresses in New Jersey and San Antonio, Texas

Hani Hanjour

• Saudi Arabian passport
• Had an Arizona driver's license, attended flight school in Arizona
• Arizona student pilot's license
• Associated with addresses in San Diego

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