Mohamed Atta
Mohamed Mohamed el-Amir Awad el-Sayed Atta ( ; ""  ; September 1, 1968 – September 11, 2001) was an Egyptian hijacker and one of the ringleaders of the September 11 attacks in which four United States commercial aircraft were commandeered with the intention of destroying specific civilian targets. He served as the hijacker-pilot of American Airlines Flight 11 and crashed the plane into the North Tower of the World Trade Center as part of the coordinated attacks. At 33 years of age, he was the oldest of the 19 hijackers who took part in the attacks.
Maher El-Adawy
Early in his life, Maher El-Adawy lived and studied in Sudan, Australia and Switzerland, where he earned his High School Diploma from the American International School of Zurich. He obtained a Bachelor of Arts degree in Business Administration with a minor in Computer Science from American University in Cairo in 1985. He received his Master of Arts degree in International Relations/Strategic Studies from Boston University in 1992. His father, Dr. Adel El-Adawy, was also an Egyptian Ambassador, serving in several Egyptian Missions around the world, he also was an adviser to former President Anwar Sadat, and the Head of the Foreign Relations Committee of the Egyptian Parliament.