Twenty years on, the hijackers' names still circle back to Saskatchewan.
Remembering Ace and Al: Saskatchewan's connection to the hijacked planes of 9/11
Two of the four planes hijacked on September 11, 2001, carried names tied to Saskatchewan: "Ace" and "Al" were the flight numbers of American Airlines Flight 11 and United Airlines Flight 175, the jets that struck the World Trade Center towers. The StarPhoenix revisits the province's unlikely connection to the attacks, and the lives lost aboard both aircraft.
Source: Remembering Ace and Al: Saskatchewan's connection to the hijacked planes of 9/11 — Saskatoon StarPhoenix
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