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It was the 11th day of September, in the Year of Our Lord 2001, at 6 o'clock in the morning.

2 men, named Mohamed Atta and Abdulaziz al-Omari had just landed at Logan International Airport from Portland International Jetport in Portland, Maine, via Colgan Air (Owned under the US Airways Express Brand) Flight 5930.


Left: Mohamed Atta. Right: Abdulaziz al-Omari.

It took 45 minutes for them to get to Terminal B. While there, 3 other men, Satam al-Suqami, Wail al-Shehri and Waleed al Shehri arrive.


Left: Waleed al-Shehri. Center: Wail al-Shehri. Right: Satam al-Suqami.

While there, Atta checked in with 2 bags for American Airlines Flight 11. al-Omari had no bags.

Due to the fact that they didn't have a boarding pass, they had to go through security.

Atta was then selected by the CAPPS system (Computer Assisted Passenger Pre-screening System), for further checking, while al-Omari boarded without it going off, primarily because he had no bags to begin with.

Among the other 3, Satam and Wail had 1 bag each, and Waleed did not have any.

The only thing that was done was that Atta's luggage were witheld until he boarded Flight 11.

Finally, 7 minutes later, Atta gets a call from his friend, Marwan al-Shehhi, who is calling from Terminal A/C via a payphone. He tells Atta that the plans for the attack are set.

This 3 minute phone call was the last ever conversation between Shehhi and Atta, which happened before Shehhi checked in for his flight, United Airlines Flight 175, following the same route as Flight 11.

Then, at 7:35, Atta and al-Omari board Flight 11, being followed by the other 3 hijackers 5 minutes later.

Due to the rushed attitude of security, they forgot Atta's bags.

Atta sat in business class, at seat 8D, with al-Omari sitting next to him in 8G, and al-Suqami sitting 2 seats behind, and 1 seat to the left, in 10B.

The al-Shehri brothers sat in first class, with Wail sitting in 2A, and Waleed sitting next to him in 2B.

1 minute later, American Airlines Flight 11, which was using N334AA that day, a Boeing 767-223ER, was cleared for pushback, and took off at 7:59, 14 minutes late with 81 passengers and 11 crew aboard.


Pictured: N334AA at Manchester Airport on April 8, 2001.
The 11 crew members were Captain John Ogonowski, First Officer Thomas McGuinness, and flight attendants Barbara Arestegui, Jeffrey Collman, Sara Low, Karen Martin, Kathleen Nicosia, Betty Ong, Jean Roger, Dianne Snyder, and Amy Sweeney.


These are the photos of the crew members whose photos have not been shown, in the order that they are mentioned above.
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