Editing Salem al-Hazmi (section)

==In the United States==
According to the [[FBI]] and the [[9/11 Commission]] report, al-Hazmi first entered the United States on June 29, 2001, although there are numerous unconfirmed reports that he was living in [[San Antonio, Texas]], with fellow hijacker [[Satam al-Suqami]] much earlier.<ref>{{cite news
|url=http://news.mysanantonio.com/story.cfm?xla=kens5&xlb=161&xlc=342530
 |title=2 hijackers identified as former S.A. residents 
|author=Joe Conger 
|date=January 10, 2001
|publisher=mysanantonio.com
|quote=At least five sources tell KENS 5, two of the men, Satam M.A. Al Suqami and Salem Alhazmi, lived at the Spanish Trace Apartments on the North Side earlier this year |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20030514140351/http://news.mysanantonio.com/story.cfm?xla=kens5&xlb=161&xlc=342530 |archive-date = May 14, 2003}}</ref> Al-Hazmi used the controversial Visa Express program to gain entry into the country.

Al-Hazmi moved to [[Paterson, New Jersey]], where he lived with [[Hani Hanjour]].{{citation needed|date=September 2024}} Both were among the five hijackers who applied for Virginia identity cards at the [[Arlington County, Virginia|Arlington]] office of the [[Virginia Department of Motor Vehicles]] on August 2, 2001, although Salem al-Hazmi already held an NJ identity card.{{citation needed|date=September 2024}}

On August 27, brothers Nawaf and Salem al-Hazmi purchased flight tickets through [[Travelocity]].com using the former's [[Visa Inc.|Visa]] card.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.fas.org/irp/congress/2002_hr/092602mueller.html |title=Statement of Robert S. Mueller: Joint Investigation Into September 11: (published September 26, 2002) |publisher=Fas.org |access-date=2012-01-06}}</ref>

With the four other Flight 77 hijackers, he worked out at a [[Gold's Gym]] in [[Greenbelt, Maryland]], from September 2 to September 6 of the same year.