Editing Hani Hanjour (section)

==Early life and education==
Hanjour was one of seven children,<ref name="goldstein">{{cite news |title=Hanjour a Study in Paradox, Suspect's Brother: 'We Thought He Liked the USA' |newspaper=The Washington Post |date=15 October 2001 |last=Goldstein |first=Amy |author2=Lena H. Sun |author3=George Lardner Jr. |page=A01}}</ref> born to a food-supply businessman in [[Ta'if]], [[Saudi Arabia]]. During his youth, Hanjour wanted to drop out of school to become a [[flight attendant]], although his brother Abdulrahman discouraged this route, and tried to help him focus on his studies.<ref name="goldstein"/>

According to his eldest brother, Hanjour traveled to [[Afghanistan]] in the late 1980s as a teenager to participate in the [[Soviet-Afghan War| conflict]] against the [[Soviet Union]]. The Soviets had already withdrawn by the time he arrived in the country and he instead worked for a [[relief agency]].<ref name="911-ch7">{{cite book |url=http://www.9-11commission.gov/report/911Report_Ch7.htm |title=9/11 Commission Report|chapter=Chapter 7 &ndash; The Attack Looms |publisher=9/11 Commission|year=2004 |access-date=1 September 2010}}</ref>