HijackersParents

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Some of the hijackers parents had been interviewed by international media. Almost none of them believed, that their sons had something to do with the attacks. Atta,Mohammad's father even claimed, that he spoke with his son one day after Sep11th and believed, that the attack was planned by another government instead of Bin Laden. In an 20/20-interview with Barbara Walters Mohammad Alsheri, a fine art teacher, said in this interview, Waleed and his brother had no flying experience. Waleed left his native town for a trip to Medina. His father said, he had a strong sense of humour, was live loving, in contact with his father and called him in January 2001, 8 months before 911, he would be "on his way home". He never called back. His father never got an official visit by the FBI and learned from his son's death from the news and local newspapers (one week later). Saudi Authrities told him, that they had no hard evidence, that his sons had been involved in the hijack. Alsheri claims, his son Waleed wasn't more religious than everyone else. Another father of the hijackers, Abdullah Alnahmi said his son left home for the first time in his life -- six months before the attacks, and believes, he is innocent. Alnahmi was on the way to "mecca". He called only once, in March 2001. His father claimed, his son never heard about Al-Quaeda and didn't notice any change in Alnamis behavior.