The 19 Al-Qaeda terrorists who carried out the 9/11 terrorist attack

September 11, 2001 saw a terror attack in the U.S., carried out by 19 members of the Al-Qaeda group led by Osama bin Laden, kill nearly 3,000 people, including all 19 terrorists.

The 19 Al-Qaeda members hijacked four planes. Two were crashed into the two towers of the World Trade Center in New York City. A third plane smashed into the Pentagon (the headquarters of the U.S. Department of Defense in Virginia), according to the 9/11 Commission Report by the National Commission on Terrorist Attacks Upon the United States.

The fourth aircraft crashed in a field in southern Pennsylvania. “It had been aimed at the United States Capitol or the White House, and was forced down by heroic passengers armed with the knowledge that America was under attack,” the report noted.

“The day began with the 19 hijackers getting through a security checkpoint system that they had evidently analyzed and knew how to defeat. Their success rate in penetrating the system was 19 for 19. They took over the four flights, taking advantage of air crews and cockpits that were not prepared for the contingency of a suicide hijacking,” the report said.

The 9/11 attacks killed over 2,600 people at the World Trade Center in New York City, while 125 were reported to be dead at the Pentagon and 256 passengers died on the planes, the report confirmed.

Here we take a closer look at the 19 hijackers from the 9/11 attacks. All data below is sourced from the Central Intelligence Agency.

Hijackers on American Airlines Flight 11

Name: Muhammed Muhammed el-Amir Awad al-Sayed Atta (pilot of the plane)

Date arrived in the U.S.: June 3, 2000
Arrival city: Newark, New Jersey
Nationality: Egyptian
Residence: Florida
Age: 33

Name: Abd al-Aziz Abdal-Rahman Muhammed al-Umari

Date arrived in the U.S.: June 29, 2001
Arrival city: New York, New York
Nationality: Saudi
Residence: New Jersey/Florida
Age: 22

Name: Ustam bin Muhammad Abd al-Rahman al-Saqami

Date arrived in the U.S.: April 23, 2001
Arrival City: Orlando, Florida
Nationality: Saudi
Residence: Florida
Age: 25

Name: Wail Muhammad Abdallah al-Shehri

Date arrived in the U.S.: June 8, 2001
Arrival city: Miami, Florida
Nationality: Saudi
Residence: Florida
Age: 28

Name: Walid Muhammad Abdallah al-Shehri

Date arrived in the U.S.: April 23, 2001
Arrival city: Orlando, Florida
Nationality: Saudi
Residence: Florida
Age: 22

Hijackers on United Flight 175

Name: Marwan Yousef Muhammed Rashid Lekrab al-Shehhi (pilot of the plane)

Date arrived in the U.S.: May 27, 2000
Arrival city: Newark, New Jersey
Nationality: United Arab Emirates (UAE)
Residence: Florida
Age: 23

Name: Ahmad Salih Said al-Kurshi al-Ghamdi

Date arrived in the U.S.: May 2, 2001
Arrival city: Dulles, Virginia
Nationality: Saudi
Residence: New Jersey/Florida
Age: 22

Name: Ahmad Banihammad

Date arrived in the U.S.: June 27, 2001
Arrival city: Orlando, Florida
Nationality: UAE
Residence: Florida
Age: 24

Name: Hamza Salih Ahmad al-Hamid al-Ghamdi

Date arrived in the U.S.: May 28, 2001
Arrival city: Miami, Florida
Nationality: Saudi
Residence: Florida
Age: 20

Name: Mahanid Muhammad Fayiz al-Shehri

Date arrived in the U.S.: May 28, 2001
Arrival city: Miami, Florida
Nationality: Saudi
Residence: Florida
Age: 22

Hijackers on American Airlines Flight 77

Name: Hani Salih Hasan Hanjur (pilot of the plane)

Date arrived in the U.S.: December 8, 2000
Arrival city: Cincinnati, Ohio
Nationality: Saudi
Residence: Arizona/New Jersey/Maryland
Age: 29

Hanjur’s date of arrival in the U.S. listed above “represents entry we believe is related to 11 September attacks, but Hanjur, unlike the other suspected hijackers, had traveled in and out of the US since 1991,” the CIA noted.

Name: Khalid bin Muhammed bin Abdallah al-Mihdhar

Date Arrived in the U.S.: January 15, 2000
Arrival city: Los Angeles, California
Nationality: Saudi
Residence: California/ New Jersey/Maryland
Age: 26

Name: Majid Muqid Mushan bin Ghanim

Date arrived in the U.S.: May 2, 2001
Arrival city: Dulles, Virginia
Nationality: Saudi
Residence in U.S.: New Jersey/ Maryland
Age: 24

Name: Nawaf bin Muhammad Salim al-Hazmi

Date arrived in the U.S.: January 15, 2000
Arrival city in the U.S.: Los Angeles, California
Nationality: Saudi
Residence: California/ Arizona/New Jersey/Maryland
Age: 25

Name: Salim Muhammad Salim al-Hazmi

Date arrived in the U.S.: June 29, 2001
Arrival city: New York, New York
Nationality: Saudi
Residence: New Jersey/Maryland
Age: 20

Hijackers on United Flight 93

Name: Ziad Samir Jarrah (pilot of the plane)

Date arrived in the U.S.: June 27, 2000
Arrival city: Newark, New Jersey
Nationality: Lebanese
Residence: Florida
Age: 26

Name: Ahmad Abdullah Abd al-Rahman al-Nami

Date arrived in the U.S: May 28, 2001
Arrival city: Miami, Florida
Nationality: Saudi
Residence: Florida
Age: 23

Name: Ahmad Ibrahim Ali al-Haznawi

Date Arrived in the U.S.: June 8, 2001
Arrival city: Miami, Florida
Nationality: Saudi
Residence: Florida
Age: 20

Name: Said Abdalah Ali Sulayman al-Ghamdi

Date arrived in the U.S.: June 27, 2001
Arrival city: Orlando, Florida
Nationality: Saudi
Residence: Florida
Age: 21

Source: Newsweek