1. Saeed Abdullah Ali Sulayman al-Ghamdi was a Saudi terrorist hijacker.
12 Facts About Saeed al-Ghamdi
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Saeed al-Ghamdi was from the al-Bahah Province of Saudi Arabia, and shared the same tribal affiliation with fellow hijackers Ahmed al-Ghamdi, Hamza al-Ghamdi, and Ahmed al-Haznawi, although he was not related to either al-Ghamdi.
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Saeed al-Ghamdi may have been in contact with the two al-Ghamdi's and al-Haznawi as early as 1999.
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Saeed al-Ghamdi spent time in al Qasim province, Saudi Arabia where he transferred to college but soon dropped out and ceased contact with his family.
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Saeed al-Ghamdi ended up at the Al Farouq training camp, where he met Ahmed al-Nami, and the brothers Wail and Waleed al-Shehri.
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Some time late in 2000, Saeed al-Ghamdi traveled to the United Arab Emirates, where he purchased traveler's cheques presumed to have been paid for by Mustafa al-Hawsawi.
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On 13 November 2000, another Saeed al-Ghamdi tried to obtain a visa to enter the United States, but was declined.
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In March 2001, Saeed al-Ghamdi was filmed in a farewell video that was later aired on al-Jazeera.
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Saeed al-Ghamdi referred to America as "the enemy", and is seen studying maps and flight manuals.
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Saeed al-Ghamdi's application was submitted by a local travel agency and processed through Visa Express, a controversial US visa program in Saudi Arabia which was discontinued the following year.
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Saeed al-Ghamdi was one of 9 hijackers to open a SunTrust bank account with a cash deposit around June 2001.
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On 23 September 2001, before the FBI had released the pictures of the hijackers, the BBC and The Daily Telegraph reported that a Saudi Airlines pilot named Saeed al-Ghamdi was furious that a name on the hijacker's list released by the FBI matched his own.