1. Salem al-Hazmi obtained a tourist visa through the Visa Express program and arrived in the United States in June 2001 where he would settle in New Jersey with other American 77 hijackers up until the attacks.
10 Facts About Salem al-Hazmi
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On September 11,2001, Salem al-Hazmi boarded Flight 77 alongside four accomplices, his older brother Nawaf Salem al-Hazmi included.
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Salem al-Hazmi helped subdue the passengers and crew, allowing the team's suicide pilot Hani Hanjour to take control of the plane.
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Salem Muhammed al-Hazmi was born on February 2,1981, to Muhammad Salim al-Hazmi, a grocer, in Mecca, Saudi Arabia.
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Salem al-Hazmi's father described Salem as a quarrelsome teenager who had problems with alcohol and petty theft.
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On September 11,2001, Salem al-Hazmi boarded American Airlines Flight 77.
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Airport surveillance video from Dulles International Airport in Northern Virginia shows two of the five hijackers, including Salem al-Hazmi, being pulled aside to undergo additional scrutiny after setting off metal detectors.
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Shortly after the attacks, several sources reported that Salem al-Hazmi, 26, was alive and working at a petrochemical plant in Yanbu, Saudi Arabia.
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Salem al-Hazmi claimed that his passport had been stolen by a pickpocket in Cairo three years before, and that the pictures and details such as date of birth released to the public by the FBI were his own.
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Salem al-Hazmi stated that he had never visited the United States, but volunteered to fly to the US to prove his innocence.