Marwan al-Shehhi, a native of the United Arab Emirates, took over the controls of United Airlines Flight 175, the second plane that flew into the World Trade Center. Authorities believe al-Shehhi helped formulate the Sept. 11 plot in the late 1990s in Germany, where he was almost inseparable from Mohamed Atta, the hijackers' ringleader. In 2000 he attended flight school in Florida.
The Accused 9/11 Plotters: What Happened to Them?
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