'There were so many other people involved, there were so many innocent people that just touched on this. And I had just such a small, tiny five-minute part of it.'
Brothers Salem and Nawaf Al-Hazmi arrived late that day, but with two full-fare, first-class passengers standing in front of him, instead of rebooking them, Allex ensured they made flight 77.Allex has lived with that decision for the last 20 years.
When the pair couldn't answer basic security check-in questions, Allex marked their tickets for additional security.Vaughn Allex will never forget the faces of two of the 9/11 hijackers. He looked them in the eye that morning and ensured they made flight 77. He felt guilty for years.-- 24 hours before Allex checked-in the brothers, his longtime co-worker and close friend MJ Booth asked for advice on a trip to Las Vegas.
On Sept. 12, Allex was summoned to his boss' office. There, a woman introduced herself as an attorney for American Airlines, adding"I am not your attorney." Guilt tortured Allex for years to come. Twenty years later, there are still some things he'd rather not discuss.
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