Mohand al-Shehri

Common card · No. 209901

Mohand Muhammed Fayiz al-Shehri (Arabic: مهند محمد فايز الشهري, romanized: Muhand ash-Shehrī, or Alshehri; May 7, 1979 – September 11, 2001) was a Saudi terrorist who was a member of al-Qaeda. He was one of five al-Qaeda members who hijacked United Airlines Flight 175 and crashed it into the South Tower of the World Trade Center in New York City as part of the September 11 attacks. In early 2000, after dropping out of college in Saudi Arabia, al-Shehri left the country to fight in Chechnya amidst the Second Chechen War. He probably visited al-Qaeda training camps in Afghanistan. After joining al-Qaeda, he was chosen to participate in a series of coordinated terrorist attacks against the United States, which involved 19 men hijacking four American commercial flights to crash them into various targets. In October 2000, al-Shehri obtained a travel visa to be able to enter the U.S., and arrived in the country in May 2001. On September 11, 2001, al-Shehri and his group of hijackers, led by...

Read on Wikipedia · Image State of Florida Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles, Public domain