News that self-confessed 9/11 mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and four other alleged 9/11 plotters are to be tried in New York will re-focus attention on the 2001 terrorist attacks. TIME takes a look at some of the men alleged to have plotted and carried out the strikes
Mohamed Atta
Mohamed Atta, 33, was a student in Germany during the 1990s. Atta led the Hamburg, Germany, cell that led the 9/11 attacks. The Egyptian-born radical hijacked American Airlines Flight 11, the first plane to strike the World Trade Center.
