John Alexander Ogonowski was a Polish-American aircraft pilot and an agricultural activist.
13 Facts About John Ogonowski
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John Ogonowski is believed to have been killed by the hijackers prior to the crash.
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John Alexander Ogonowski was born February 24,1951, in Lowell, Massachusetts, where he was raised.
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John Ogonowski attended St Stanislaus School, Keith Academy in Lowell.
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John Ogonowski attended Lowell Technological Institute, where he was a member of the Pi Lambda Phi fraternity.
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John Ogonowski graduated in 1972 with a bachelor of science degree in Nuclear Engineering.
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John Ogonowski was a pilot in the US Air Force during the Vietnam War, assigned to Charleston Air Force Base, South Carolina, ferrying equipment to Asia and sometimes transporting the bodies of fallen American soldiers in C-141 transport aircraft.
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John Ogonowski had joined the airline as a flight engineer after previously serving that role in the Air Force.
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John Ogonowski was an avid farmer, who secured 150 acres of farmland on Marsh Hill Road in Dracut through the federal Agriculture Preservation Restriction program.
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John Ogonowski was a leading advocate for farming in Massachusetts, particularly in aiding immigrant farmers from Cambodia.
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John Ogonowski was killed on September 11,2001, while at the controls as captain during the hijacking of American Airlines Flight 11.
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John Ogonowski was survived by his wife Margaret and daughters Laura, Caroline, and Mary Catherine.
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John Ogonowski's younger brother, Jim Ogonowski, who is an agricultural activist, made an unsuccessful run for the United States House of Representatives in 2007.