Majed Moqed
Saudi terrorist and 9/11 hijacker (1977–2001)
Majed Mashaan Ghanem Moqed (Arabic: ماجد مشعان غانم موقد, romanized: Mājad Mūqad; June 18, 1977 – September 11, 2001) was a Saudi terrorist who was a member of al-Qaeda. During the September 11 attacks against the United States in 2001, he was one of 19 al-Qaeda members who hijacked four airliners in an attempt to crash them into American landmarks. Moqed was in the group that took control of American Airlines Flight 77 and crashed it into the Pentagon, near Washington, D.C.
Moqed grew up near Medina in Saudi Arabia. He studied law at a Saudi university, before being recruited by al-Qaeda in 1999. He was personally selected by Ramzi bin al-Shibh to carry out the organization's hijacking plan. Moqed recruited his friend from university, Satam al-Suqami, to train with him at an al-Qaeda base in Afghanistan. Al-Suqami became a hijacker of American Airlines Flight 11 in the attacks.
Moqed arrived in the U.S. in May 2001. On 11 September 2001, he and four others hijacked Flight 77, scheduled to depart Dulles, Virginia, towards Los Angeles, while the flight was in progress. Hani Hanjour took control of the plane and crashed into the Pentagon.
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