Hijacker shot passengeron Flight 11

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WorldNetDaily: Hijacker shot passenger on Flight 11: FAA memo

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DAY OF INFAMY 2001
Hijacker shot passenger
on Flight 11: FAA memo
'One bullet fired,' killing 9B occupant, but agency claims report was in error

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Posted: February 27, 2002
5:35 p.m. Eastern

By Paul Sperry
© 2002 WorldNetDaily.com

WASHINGTON - An internal Federal Aviation Administration memo summarizing the Sept. 11 hijackings says a passenger aboard American Airlines Flight 11 was shot to death by a single bullet, WorldNetDaily has learned.

The FAA claims the memo, time-stamped Sept. 11 at 5:30 p.m., was written in error.

"It was a first draft," said FAA spokeswoman Laura Brown in a phone interview today. "There was no gun."

She said a final draft of the executive summary, received by FAA Administrator Jane Garvey, does not include the account of a gun being fired aboard the plane.

Brown refused to release the final draft, however, arguing it is "protected information."

WorldNetDaily has obtained a copy of the first draft of the memo, which can be viewed here.

Here is the key excerpt, which was very specific:

"The American Airlines FAA Principal Security Inspector (PSI) was notified by Suzanne Clark of American Airlines Corporate Headquarters, that an on board flight attendant contacted American Airlines Operations Center and informed that a passenger located in seat 10B shot and killed a passenger in seat 9B at 9:20 a.m.

"The passenger killed was Daniel Lewin, shot by passenger Satam Al Suqami. One bullet was reported to have been fired."

Related story:

American denies giving gun info to FAA

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Paul Sperry is Washington bureau chief for WorldNetDaily.

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[ScholarWarrior]

Anybody know what a "selectee" is that is quoted?

[Blood of Tyrants]

A passenger had a gun, killed one of the hijackers and yet was unable to subdue the others? Sounds fishy to me.

[aomagrat]

I think if a hijacker had used a gun, the anti-gunners would have got wind of it and would be shouting it from every mountain top.

[DaughterOfAnIwoJimaVet]

I think you may need to read it again.

[TigerLikesRooster]

Re #3

The guy with the gun was Satam Suqami. Most likely he was one of the hijackers.

[Blood of Tyrants]

P.S. Sounds like misinformation to counter the claims that a gun would have prevented the tragedy. I can see the anti-gunners saying. "See! A gun DIDN'T stop the hijackers!"

[VA Advogado]

The FAA claims the memo, time-stamped Sept. 11 at 5:30 p.m., was written in error.

Rather unlikely they had this information so soon after the crash. I doubt they recovered much that day, never mind had time to do an autopsy.

[M. Thatcher]

A passenger had a gun, killed one of the hijackers

No, read it again. The other way around.

[Blood of Tyrants]

Oh. Never mind.

[TigerLikesRooster]

Re #7

If there were multiple passengers carrying guns, hijacker could not have succeeded.

[TigerLikesRooster]

Re #8

This info was relayed by flight attendent while hijacking was in progress. Read the article carefully.

[No Truce With Kings]

The FAA claims the memo, time-stamped Sept. 11 at 5:30 p.m., was written in error.

I suspect that is an accurate description of what happened. It sounds like some of the wild speculation that occured on 9/11. Remember the stories of truck bombs going off near the Treasury Building, up to five other hijacked planes being tracked, etc.?

My immediate reaction when I heard that two hijacked jets had been crashed into the WTC was to wonder how the H they had gotten firearms aboard the airplane. I could not conceive how four to six hijackers could control an airplane with pocketknives. Sounds like someone at the FAA felt the same way.

[SpringheelJack]

Besides being a co-founder of Akamai, Daniel Lewin was also an officer in the Israeli Defense Forces.

[Dog Gone]

I don't think there's much to this. Initial reports relayed through several people often get misunderstood. I don't think the hijackers used guns.

[StriperSniper]

unlikely they had this information so soon after the crash.

It would seem more likely that, if they had that information at that time(late afternoon), they got it before the crash.

[Prodigal Daughter]

Sounds believable to me. The airline and airline security don't want anyone to know that they let a gun on board because then they might be liable in court.

[ScholarWarrior]

I'll try again.

Anyone care to hazard a guess as to what a "selectee" is that is referenced several times in the detailed text?

[Cold Heat]

It is possible, but as carfull as they were, I don't see them trying to get a gun through security. That is, unless the gun was already on the aircraft. Hmmmmmmmmmmm!