Hamza al-Ghamdi | |
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حمزة الغامدي | |
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| Born | Hamza Salah Sa'id al-Ghamdi 18 November 1980 Al-Bahah, Saudi Arabia |
| Died | 11 September 2001 (aged 20) South Tower, New York City, U.S. |
| Cause of death | Suicide by plane crash (September 11 attacks) |
| Nationality | Saudi |
| Relatives | Ahmed al-Ghamdi (brother) |
Hamza Salah Sa'id al-Ghamdi (Arabic: حمزة الغامدي, romanized: Ḥamza al-Ghāmdī; 18 November 1980 – 11 September 2001) was a Saudi terrorist hijacker. He was one of five hijackers of United Airlines Flight 175 as part of the 11 September attacks.
Born in Saudi Arabia, Hamza al-Ghamdi left his family to fight in Chechnya and was probably sent to Al-Qaeda training camps in Afghanistan where he was chosen to participate in the 9/11 attacks.
He arrived in the United States in May 2001 on a tourist visa. On 11 September 2001, al-Ghamdi boarded United Airlines Flight 175 and hijacked the plane along with his older brother Ahmed al-Ghamdi and 3 other terrorists so that lead hijacker and trained pilot Marwan al-Shehhi could crash the plane into the South Tower of the World Trade Center.