Editing Abdulaziz al-Omari (section)

==Aftermath==
Controversy over the identity of al-Omari erupted shortly after the attacks. At first, the FBI had named Abdul Rahman al-Omari, a pilot for [[Saudi Arabian Airlines]], as the pilot of Flight 11.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB1000934272326780760 |title=Media Mistook Four Saudi Pilots For Hijackers in U.S. Attacks |first1=Chad |last1=Terhune |first2=Will |last2=Pinkston |first3=Douglas A. |last3=Blackmon |author3-link=Douglas A. Blackmon |date=20 September 2010 |access-date=21 April 2019 |newspaper=[[WSJ]] |publisher=[[Dow Jones & Company, Inc.]]}}</ref> It was quickly shown that this person was still alive, and the FBI issued an apology.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://transcripts.cnn.com/show/tpt/date/2001-09-21/segment/00 |title=America's New War: Tracking the Terrorists |date=21 September 2001 |access-date=21 April 2019 |work=[[CNN]] |publisher=[[Time Warner Company]] |first=Susan |last=Candiotti |author-link=Susan Candiotti}}</ref> It was also quickly determined that [[Mohamed Atta]] was the pilot among the hijackers. The FBI then named Abdulaziz al-Omari as a hijacker.
 
A man with the same name as those given by the [[Federal Bureau of Investigation|FBI]] turned up alive in [[Saudi Arabia]], saying that he had studied at the [[University of Denver]] and his [[passport]] was stolen there in 1995. The name, origin, birth date, and occupation were released by the FBI, but the picture was not of him. "I couldn't believe it when the FBI put me on their list", he said. "They gave my name and my date of birth, but I am not a suicide bomber. I am here. I am alive. I have no idea how to fly a plane. I had nothing to do with this."<ref name=NOFLY>{{cite news |url=https://query.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=F2071FF63D5F0C758DDDA00894D9404482 |newspaper=[[The New York Times]] |first=Kevin |last=Sack |author-link=Kevin Sack |title=AFTER THE ATTACKS: MISSED CUES; Saudi May Have Been Suspected in Error, Officials Say |date=16 September 2001 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20051219082529/https://query.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=F2071FF63D5F0C758DDDA00894D9404482 |archive-date=19 December 2005 |page=7 |access-date=4 February 2017 |url-status=live |df=dmy-all }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Suicide hijacker' is an airline pilot alive and well in Jeddah |last=Fisk |first=Robert |author-link=Robert Fisk |url=http://news.independent.co.uk/world/middle_east/story.jsp?story=94438 |date=24 June 2004 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040624055254/http://news.independent.co.uk/world/middle_east/story.jsp?story=94438 |archive-date=24 June 2004 |access-date=21 April 2019 |newspaper=[[Independent (newspaper)|Independent]]}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/middle_east/1559151.stm |title=Middle East &#124; Hijack 'suspects' alive and well |work=[[BBC News]] |date=23 September 2001 |access-date=6 January 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150730151931/http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/middle_east/1559151.stm |archive-date=30 July 2015 |publisher=[[BBC]] |url-status=live |df=dmy-all }}</ref>

The FBI gave a press conference on October 5, 2001, where they gave details regarding Atta and the real al-Omari's movements on September 10 and 11.<ref name=":8" /><ref>{{Cite web |date=October 5, 2001 |title=Boston Division Seeks Assistance |url=https://archives.fbi.gov/archives/news/pressrel/press-releases/boston-division-seeks-assistance |access-date=June 20, 2024 |website=FBI}}</ref>