两名年轻的沙特人抵达洛杉矶国际机场LAX。哈立德·米赫达尔和纳瓦夫·哈兹米首次踏上美国土地。他们不会说英语，但决心学习这门语言，更重要的是，学会驾驶飞机。他们是“基地”组织派往美国实施有史以来最致命袭击的19名劫机者中的前两人，袭击发生在2001年9月11日。米赫达尔和哈兹米是劫持美国航空77号班机并将其撞向华盛顿五角大楼（美国国防部总部）的团队成员，造成184人死亡。
, two young Saudis landed at LAX, Los Angeles International Airport. Khalid al-Mihdhar and Nawaf al-Hazmi set foot in the United States for the first time. They did not speak a word of English but were determined to learn the language and, above all, how to fly planes. They were the first two of the 19 hijackers sent by Al-Qaeda to carry out the deadliest attack ever perpetrated on American soil, on September 11, 2001. Al-Mihdhar and al-Hazmi were part of the team that took control of American Airlines Flight 77 and crashed it into the side of the Pentagon, the headquarters of the US Department of Defense in Washington, killing 184 people.
在美国逗留的最初几个月里，这两人得到了一位“守护天使”的帮助——一位热心的同胞为他们在圣地亚哥他所住的住宅区找到了住处。他担任他们的担保人，垫付了他们第一个月的房租，为他们开设了银行账户，并将自己广泛的人脉网络提供给他们使用。
During the first months of their time in the US, the two men were able to rely on a guardian angel, a compassionate compatriot who found them a place to stay in the residential complex where he lived in San Diego. He acted as their guarantor, advanced their first month's rent, opened a bank account for them and put his extensive network of contacts at their disposal.
这位男子是奥马尔·巴尤米，一名居住在美国的沙特人。他声称自己是在2000年2月1日偶然遇到这两人的，也就是他们抵达美国后仅15天，地点是在洛杉矶的一家中东餐厅。巴尤米一直伴随哈兹米和米赫达尔在美国的旅程，在他们2000年2月定居圣地亚哥后不久为他们组织了一场接待会。他的一位朋友为他们报名参加了飞行学校，另一位熟人在他们2000年6月搬入新住处时提供了住宿，等等。此类巧合的次数之多，足以让巴尤米成为嫌疑人，如果不是共犯的话。
The man was Omar al-Bayoumi, a Saudi living in the US, who claimed to have met them by chance on February 1, 2000, barely 15 days after their arrival, in a Middle Eastern restaurant in Los Angeles. Al-Bayoumi was ever-present in the American journey of al-Hazmi and al-Mihdhar, organizing a reception for them shortly after they settled in San Diego in February 2000. A friend of his enrolled them in a flight school, another acquaintance hosted them when they moved in June 2000 and so on. There were enough coincidences of this kind to make al-Bayoumi a suspect, if not an accomplice.