James Woods

James Howard Woods (born April 18, 1947) is an American actor.

Woods and 9/11

On a flight to Los Angeles several weeks before the attacks on September 11th, 2001, Woods grew suspicious of four of his fellow-passengers: well-dressed men who appeared to be of Middle Eastern descent. Woods became so convinced that the men were "casing" the plane that he kept his cutlery after lunch and shared his suspicions with a flight attendant. "I said, 'I think this plane is going to be hijacked.' I told her, 'I know how serious it is to say this,' and asked to speak to the captain." The first officer promptly assured Woods that the cockpit door would be kept locked and the plane landed safely.

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Los Angeles - September 11th, 2001 - Middle Eastern

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On the evening of September 11th, Woods told the FBI in Los Angeles about the encounter. At six-forty-five the next morning he was roused by a telephone call from an FBI agent. "I said, 'I'll get ready and I'll come down to the federal building,'" Woods recalled. "He said, 'That's O.K. We're outside your house.'" When he was shown photographs, Woods thought he recognized two of the hijackers - Hamza Alghamdi, who was on United Airlines Flight 175 (which struck the south tower of the World Trade Center) and Khalid Almihdhar, who was on American Airlines Flight 77 (which struck The Pentagon).

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FBI - Hamza Alghamdi - United Airlines Flight 175 - World Trade Center - Khalid Almihdhar - American Airlines Flight 77 - The Pentagon

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According to writer Annie Jacobsen, FBI agents told her in a private conversation that Mohammed Atta, who was the unofficial leader of the 9/11 hijackers, was in fact on the flight with Woods. http://www.womenswallstreet.com/columns/column.aspx?aid=846&p=2

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Annie Jacobsen - FBI - Mohammed Atta

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