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INS OKs hijackers' visas six months after 9/11

Plato may have been correct when he said, “Only the dead have seen the end of war,” but apparently that does not apply to flight instruction.

By David A. Lombardo • Contributor

May 15, 2008

Plato may have been correct when he said, “Only the dead have seen the end of war,” but apparently that does not apply to flight instruction. At least not according to the U.S. Immigration and Naturalization Service.

Exactly six months after Egyptian Mohamed Atta and Marwan Al-Shehhi of the United Arab Emirates died piloting airliners into New York City’s World Trade Center towers, their INS-approved student visas arrived at Huffman Aviation in Venice, Fla. It is believed Atta flew American Airlines Flight 11 into the North Tower and Al-Shehhi, flying United Airlines Flight 175, hit the South Tower 17 min later.

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