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Two Suspected 9/11 Hijackers Drive to Airport in Portland, Maine

Started by Archangel, July 20, 2017, 08:27:32 PM

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July 20, 2017, 08:27:32 PM



Abdulaziz Alomari
(a passport stamp overlaps part of his face). [Source: FBI]

Having spent the previous night at the Comfort Inn in Portland, Maine, hijackers Mohamed Atta and Abdulaziz Alomari check out at 5:33 a.m. and drive their rented Nissan to the nearby Portland International Jetport Airport, entering its parking lot at 5:40 a.m. The FBI will later seize their car there. [Observer, 9/16/2001; Portland Press Herald, 10/5/2001; Federal Bureau of Investigation, 10/5/2001; Newsday, 4/17/2006]

Their flight is due to take off for Boston at 6:00 a.m.  The Boston Globe points out, "Any significant delay would foil [Atta's] big plans for the day." [Boston Globe, 9/16/2001]

The 9/11 Commission later concludes: "The Portland detour almost prevented Atta and Omari from making Flight 11 out of Boston." [9/11 Commission, 6/16/2004]



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