Draft:Ziad Jarrah
Ziad Samir Jarrah (born 11 May 1975 in Lebanon – died 11 September 2001 in New York) was a hijacker.
According to the FBI, Ziad Jarrah was the ringleader of the hijackers of United Airlines Flight 93 (Boeing 757), which did not reach its destination, the Capitol Building or the White House, in the September 11 attacks.
Due to the struggle for control of the aircraft, Jarrah failed to achieve this and was forced to destroy it by crashing it in Shanksville, Pennsylvania. After the crash, all 37 passengers along with 7 crew members were killed.
Life
Ziad Samir Jarrah was born in Lebanon. Jarrah's parents were followers of the Sunni faith. They sent him to a Catholic school in Beirut. There, he volunteered at a church to help disabled or orphaned children. His family enrolled him in mathematics, physics, and chemistry classes for his academic advancement.
In 1996, Jarrah went to Germany for studies. Due to his interest in aviation engineering and aircraft design, he studied aerospace engineering in Hamburg.
After returning from Afghanistan, Jarrah went to the United States for the first time in 2000 and enrolled full-time at a flight school in Venice, Florida [1].