# Bin Laden’s chosen 9/11 hijacker nearly missed plot 2026-08-10T13:47:35+00:00 | World & Diplomacy | Indian Opinion Desk Corroboration: 1 independent outlet NDTV reports that one of the 19 hijackers involved in the September 11 attacks, hand-picked by Osama bin Laden, nearly got dropped from the plan after arriving in the United States in January 2000. The hijacker's time in the US did not go as planned, though the report does not specify why he was at risk of removal from the operation. The hijacker was among the first of the 19 to enter the country, spending over a year preparing before the attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon. No further details were provided about how the plot nearly lost this member. ## Coverage - ndtv.com Tags: 9/11, al-Qaeda, hijackers, Osama bin Laden, terror plot near-miss, United States Canonical: https://indianopinion.org/bin-ladens-chosen-9-11-hijacker-nearly-missed-plot/ License: Summary and commentary (c) Indian Opinion, reusable with attribution. Facts belong to the linked sources. Cite: https://indianopinion.org/bin-ladens-chosen-9-11-hijacker-nearly-missed-plot/#story-in-brief Review state: restored archive article, accurate at time of publication, not offered to search indexes.