This Future 9/11 Hijacker Used Cash, VISA Card to Pay for Practice Flight Time
Marwan al-Shehhi roomed with flight-school buddy Mohammed Atta. They may not have behaved like the "bad Muslims" of 9/11 reports.
On August 7, 2001, Marwan Al-Shehhi, an Emirati citizen and one of the 9/11 hijackers, paid for flight time at Kemper Aviation in Lantana, Florida. The private flight school was where he, along with fellow pilot Mohammed Atta, had been receiving training. Al-Shehhi, who arrived in the United States as a tourist in May 2000, had been attending the school since July and August 2001.
He utilized both cash and his VISA debit card to cover the 70-minute flight session. Al-Shehhi, who had been a sergeant in the UAE Armed Forces, was the youngest of the four pilots involved in the September 11 attacks. Prior to moving to the United States, he and Atta had met in Hamburg, Germany, where they attended the al Quds mosque and became close friends.
Despite living a seemingly normal American life, with rented apartments and a car, Al-Shehhi was removed from the UAE armed forces for desertion on April 1, 2000.
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