Hani Hanjour
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Oct 7, 2026
Austin GarrettHOST
Figure out how to land.
Austin GarrettHOST
When they captured the 20th 9-11 hijacker, the one, Hani Hanjour, I think his name was.
Austin GarrettHOST
I could have that wrong, but I'm pretty sure that's what it is.
Austin GarrettHOST
They captured him.
speaker_0NARRATOR
About a month later, he buys more for the seven sixty-seven and the Airbus A320.
speaker_0NARRATOR
Hani Hanjour comes by a different route.
speaker_0NARRATOR
A Saudi, he already holds a commercial pilot’s license from a school in Arizona.
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He arrives in San Diego in December 2000 and joins Hazmi.
Rob DewGUEST
It's not my favorite possible is honey.
Rob DewGUEST
Hanjour's corkscrew into the Pentagon.
Rob DewGUEST
Beautiful guy who can even fly a Cessna.
Rob DewGUEST
That's the best
Drew MorganHOST
Last year for 9/11 we did a, [laughs] a comedy show and I dressed up as ...
Drew MorganHOST
Well, I didn't really dress up, but I played the character of Hani Hanjour.
Drew MorganHOST
Which was-
DJ LewisHOST
Nice.
Aage NostHOST
Oh, yeah.
Robert MorningstarGUEST
And I'll tell you the story of how I met Mohamed Atta, Hani Hanjour, Marwan al-Shehhi, the three pilots, and I helped the FBI capture the Al-Qaeda cell that was operating in Hamburg.
Robert MorningstarGUEST
But I'm gonna leave that for later in the program.
Robert MorningstarGUEST
Right now I'm going to ask Aage to grant me screen sharing, uh, privileges, and w- we're going to look at a couple of videos of, uh, what happened that day to-
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Robert MorningstarGUEST
That was my rational explanation for what I was seeing.
Aage NostHOST
Yeah.
Robert MorningstarGUEST
But the biggest lie, folks, I have to tell you, those lies are big lies, but the biggest lie came three days later when the FBI said that they had found the passports of Mohamed Atta, Hani Hanjour, and Marwan al-Shehhi in debris six blocks north of the crash.
Robert MorningstarGUEST
The bui-l the plane went right into and through the building, into a ball of fire, and they claim that they found luggage and that they found the passports six blocks away-
Jeremy BoreingHOST
It follows Mohammed Adda from Hamburg to Afghanistan to Venice, Florida, where he and Marwan al-Shahi learned to fly at a school called Huffman Aviation.
Jeremy BoreingHOST
It follows Hani Hanjour from Saudi Arabia to a flight school in Arizona, and then to Freeway Airport in Bowie, Maryland, where an instructor took one look at his flying and refused to rent him a plane.
Jeremy BoreingHOST
He'd fly one anyway, though, weeks later, directly into the Pentagon.
Jeremy BoreingHOST
The truth is out there, if you're willing to dig into a 585-page report to get it.
Hollywood WadeHOST
Oh, I believe it was a hundred percent.
Hollywood WadeHOST
And you were spot on too, about, you know, all of those went to flight school, Muhammadada, Hani Hanjour.
Hollywood WadeHOST
I forget some of the other names right off the top of my head, but they were amazing.
Hollywood WadeHOST
The flight instructor I've watched interviews and I've tried to track him down to get him on the show.
Carol HellermanGUEST
it.
Hollywood WadeHOST
Yeah.
Hollywood WadeHOST
And one of the things that's really always gotten me about this whole thing is, Hani Hanjour was supposedly the pilot on the one that hit the Pentagon.
Hollywood WadeHOST
Now, I don't really, I'm in no way, shape, or form a pilot.
LionelGUEST
So that's number two.
LionelGUEST
And by the way, Sean, how do you know? How do you know the name of the guy? Hello, yes, this is Hani Hanjour for posterity.
LionelGUEST
H, yes.
LionelGUEST
Hani, yes.
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LionelGUEST
I mean, seriously.
LionelGUEST
How about the people who were...
LionelGUEST
The fellow, I think it was Hani Hanjour, he wanted to rent a plane.
LionelGUEST
They said, we're not going to rent a plane.
LionelGUEST
So that's number two.
LionelGUEST
And by the way, Sean, how do you know? How do you know the name of the guy? Hello, yes, this is Hani Hanjour for posterity.
LionelGUEST
H, yes.
LionelGUEST
Hani, yes.
46 MINS LATER
LionelGUEST
I mean, seriously.
LionelGUEST
How about the people who were...
LionelGUEST
The fellow, I think it was Hani Hanjour, he wanted to rent a plane.
LionelGUEST
They said, we're not going to rent a plane.
Ernie AudinoHOST
And seven minutes later, Al-Qaeda terrorist Mahmoud Al-Sheikh and his small team, they flew United Airlines Flight 75 into the South Tower.
Ernie AudinoHOST
34 minutes after that, Al-Qaeda terrorist Hani Hanjour and his team flew American Airlines Flight 77 into the Pentagon.
Ernie AudinoHOST
And finally, Al-Qaeda terrorist Zia Jarrah hijacked the United Airlines Flight 93 with the intention of crashing it into either the White House or the U.S. Capitol building.
Ernie AudinoHOST
But at 10.03, it crashed into a field in Shanksville, Pennsylvania.
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