Wail al-Shehri

Wail Mohammed al-Shehri was a Saudi elementary school teacher who became an al-Qaeda terrorist hijacker. He and his younger brother Waleed traveled to Afghanistan in 2000, joined an al-Qaeda training camp, and were selected to participate in the September 11 attacks. On September 11, 2001, he was among five hijackers who seized American Airlines Flight 11 and deliberately crashed it into the North Tower of the World Trade Center.

Occupation: Elementary school teacher
Affiliation: al-Qaeda
Attack role: Hijacker of American Airlines Flight 11

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