Mohamed Atta
Mohamed Atta (September 1, 1968 – September 11, 2001) was an Egyptian engineer, architect, and the lead terrorist hijacker for al-Qaeda on American Airlines Flight 11. Ideologically a pan-Islamist, he was the ringleader of the September 11 attacks and served as the hijacker-pilot of American Airlines Flight 11, which he flew into the North Tower of the original World Trade Center as part of coordinated suicide attacks.