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 September 9, 2001Al-Shehhi checks out of a Florida motel where he and several other hijackers have been staying. They all fly to Boston. That evening, Alshehri wires $5,215 to Ahmed from Logan Airport. Jarrah is pulled over by police in Maryland for speeding on his way to Newark, N.J. September 9, 2001The two al-Qaeda assassins, posing as journalists interviewing Massoud, detonate a bomb, mortally wounding the Northern Alliance commander. Massoud dies while being airlifted to a Tajikistan hospital. Alliance leaders keep his death a secret from the rest of their forces. The troops repel three Taliban offensives over the next three days.  September 9, 2001Donald Rumsfeld threatens to urge a veto if the Senate proceeds with a plan to divert $600 million from missile defense to counter-terrorism.
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