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Neighbors in Irvine describe Hadayet as a quiet man who was married to an outgoing and friendly woman. "I saw about 80% more of her than I did of him," says Dan Danielewicz. "He seemed friendly, but maybe a little awkward because he wasn't as proficient at the language or not as acclimatized as the wife and kids." But Hadayet had also recently complained to the management of his apartment complex about his upstairs neighbor. After Sept. 11 the neighbor had hung a U.S. flag and a Marine Corps flag from the balcony of his apartment, above Hadayet's doorway. Other residents say Hadayet took it as a gesture aimed at him as a Muslim.
The shoot-out closed parts of the L.A. airport for more than four hours, leaving more than 6,000 passengers temporarily stranded. It came just three days after Los Angeles Mayor James K. Hahn unveiled a long-awaited airport-redesign plan containing $9.6 billion in changes proposed partly as terrorism safeguards. But the focus of security in the new design was to keep terrorists and explosives off planes. Passengers would check in at an off-site center far from their gates, then take a light railway to the terminal while their baggage was inspected in a new underground screening and handling system. But they would not go through a security check before entering the off-site terminal. Gunmen could just walk through the doors there and launch gunfire and explosives into helpless crowds. The shooting last week has convinced Hahn that the plan needs to be rethought. "We're certainly going to learn from this," he says. There's still a great deal to be learned. --Reported by Sally Donnelly/Washington, Aharon Klein/Jerusalem, Jeanne McDowell and Sean Scully/Los Angeles and Amany Radwan/Cairo