Wail al-Shehri (1973–2001) was one of five hijackers of American Airlines Flight 11, which was flown into the North Tower of the World Trade Center as part of the September 11 attacks (memorial pictured). He and his younger brother Waleed joined an Al-Qaeda training camp in Afghanistan in March 2000. They were chosen, along with other Saudis, to participate in the attacks. Shehri returned to Saudi Arabia in October 2000 to obtain a clean passport and went back to Afghanistan before arriving in the United States in early June 2001. He stayed in motels in the Boynton Beach area of south Florida. On September 5, 2001, Shehri traveled to Boston and checked into a motel with his brother. Six days later, he arrived early in the morning at Boston's Logan International Airport and boarded American Airlines Flight 11. Shehri, his brother and three other hijackers deliberately crashed the airliner into the North Tower at 8:46 a.m.

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_______________________________ Today's selected anniversaries:

1437:

King James I of Scotland was murdered at Perth in a failed coup by his uncle and former ally Walter Stewart, Earl of Atholl. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_I_of_Scotland

1952:

A number of student protesters demanding the establishment of Bengali as an official language were killed by police in Dhaka, East Pakistan. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bengali_language_movement

1965:

Black nationalist Malcolm X was assassinated while giving a speech in New York City's Audubon Ballroom. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malcolm_X

1973:

After accidentally straying into Israeli-occupied airspace, Libyan Arab Airlines Flight 114 was shot down by two Israeli fighter aircraft, killing 108 of the 113 people on board. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Libyan_Arab_Airlines_Flight_114

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matrilingual: (rare) Pertaining to one's mother tongue. https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/matrilingual

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