- Fayez Banihammad
Infobox Person
name = Fayez Banihammad
image_size = 150px
birth_name = Fayez Rashid Ahmed Hassan al-Qadi Banihammad (in Arabic: فايز راشد احمد حسن القاضي بني حمد)
birth_place =United Arab Emirates
death_date = death date|2001|9|11
death_place =Manhattan ,New York ,United States Fayez Rashid Ahmed Hassan al-Qadi Banihammad ( _ar. فايز راشد احمد حسن القاضي بني حمد) was named by the FBI as one of the hijackers aboard
United Airlines Flight 175 in theSeptember 11 attacks . Both Banihammad and the media would refer to him alternately by any of a number of his names, including Fayez Ahmad, Banihammad Fayez Abu Dhabi Banihammad, Fayez Rashid Ahmed, Rasid Ahmed Hassen Alqadi, Abu Dhabi Banihammad Ahmed Fayez, and others.History
2000
Fayez left his family in
'Asir , telling his parents that he hoped to find work with theInternational Islamic Relief Organization . He only contacted his parents once after that. He is believed to have visited thePhilippines for three days from October 17-20, 2000.Banihammad used the controversial program
Visa Express to gain entry into the country together withSaeed al-Ghamdi . Upon later review of his application, it was noticed that he hadn't listed an occupation or reason for visit, and when asked where he would be living in the country, simply wrote "No". However, he still received his Visa.2001
Before the pair arrived in
Orlando, Florida on June 27, 2001, Banihammad had opened a bank account in the UAE to which $30,000 was deposited by unknown parties only two days before his arrival. He opened another account withSunTrust Banks in Orlando several days after his arrival, becoming one of nine hijackers to open an account with the bank.The
9/11 Commission noted: "He appears to have played a unique role among the muscle hijackers because of his work with one of the plot's financial facilitators,Mustafa al Hawsawi ." On July 18, Banihammad gave Mustafa power-of-attorney over hisDubai bank account, and Mustafa reportedly mailed him a VISA and bank card.Possibly a licensed pilot, a man with his name was registered as having trained at the Spartan Aeronautics School in
Tulsa, Oklahoma , although the school denies that he ever attended, indicating a possible case of mistaken identity.The Attack
Fayez Banihammad purchased both his and
Mohand al-Shehri 's one-way first class tickets forUnited Airlines Flight 175 online on August 27 or 29, charging the $4464.50 to a Visa card fromMustafa al Hawsawi , listing both of their addresses as aMailboxes Etc. inDelray Beach . This was not the same postal box used by Hamza andAhmed al-Ghamdi who purchased their tickets for the same flight a day later with another Mailboxes Etc. postal box in Delray Beach, although both groups listed the same phone number.Staying in the Milner Hotel from September 8-10, Banihammad asked a hotel clerk to fill out the registration card for the room, citing his poor English. On September 10, 2001, he was one of four hijackers (Marwan, Banihammad, Mohand, and al-Suqami) sharing a room at the Milner Hotel in
Boston, Massachusetts , where one of them called around for prostitutes, but eventually nixed the idea.The next morning, Banihammad drove al-Shehri in a rental car to
Logan International Airport , where they returned the car and boarded Flight 175. He sat in seat 2A, adjacent to al-Shehri. About a half an hour into the flight, the plane was hijacked andMarwan al-Shehhi flew it into the south tower of theWorld Trade Center as part of the coordinated attacks.Aftermath
After the attacks it was reported by
ABC news that somebody with the same name had attended the Defense Language Institute atLackland Air Force Base - a claim that may have been born of a false address Banihammad had used. [ [http://web.archive.org/web/20031206062021/http://911research.wtc7.net/cache/disinfo/deceptions/abc_wtcsuspects.html "Who Did It?"] "ABC News". 2003.]References
Persondata
NAME=Banihammad, Fayez
ALTERNATIVE NAMES=Banihammad, Fayez Rashid Ahmed Hassan al-Qadi (full name); فايز راشد احمد حسن القاضي بني حمد (Arabic); Ahmad, Fayez Rashid (alternate form); Banihammad, Banihammad Fayez Abu Dhabi (alternate form); Alqadi, Rasid Ahmed Hassen (alternate form); Fayez, Abu Dhabi Banihammad Ahmed (alternate form)
SHORT DESCRIPTION=9/11 hijacker
DATE OF BIRTH=Unknown
PLACE OF BIRTH=United Arab Emirates
DATE OF DEATH=September 11 ,2001
PLACE OF DEATH=New York City ,United States
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