Airline workers: 9/11 hijacker seen at airport months before attack
Mohamed Atta, another man spotted casing security, airline workers claim
Four months before Mohamed Atta and al Qaeda agents began their operation the morning of September 11, 2001, multiple witnesses said they saw them casing security checkpoints at Logan Airport.
The witnesses said they reported it, and nothing was done.
"Mohamed Atta was spotted on May 11 at Logan ," Brian Sullivan said.
Sullivan is a former FAA special agent who had warned authorities of weaknesses at Logan.
He said he was largely ignored.
And according to documents, he wasn't the only one issuing warnings.
"Wallace sees it, he is concerned, he confronts them," Sullivan said.
In May of 2001, an American Airlines technician said he witnessed Atta and another man videotaping and taking still photos of the checkpoint for 45 minutes.
When he confronted them, they swore at him in Arabic and walked away. He followed them and alerted a state trooper, recounting later "I said, specifically, 'These two clowns are up to something. They've been taking videos and pictures down at the checkpoint.'"
"Nothing was done," Sullivan said. "They didn't stop Atta, they didn't ask for an ID, they didn't question him, none of that. So he was basically allowed to go through."
Two other American Airlines employees witnessed Atta and another man casing the security checkpoint that they would later walk right through -- on their way to board Flight 11.
When they reported it, they were effectively ignored by higher-ups, as well.
"That is despite the fact that I believe it was two or three weeks earlier, the FAA had put out a warning that terrorists do do surveillance and you should report suspicious activity," Sulivan said.