ABOUT MOHAMED ATTA
Egyptian terrorist and hijacker responsible for the September 11, 2001 attacks on the World Trade Center.
He studied engineering at Cairo University.
He was the hijacker of American Airlines Flight 11, which he flew into the North Tower of the World Trade Center.
His father was a lawyer in Egypt.
He met al-Quaeda mastermind Osama bin Laden in Afghanistan in 1999.
