Mohammad Salman Hamdani
Pakistani-American EMT and victim of September 11 attacks (1977-2001) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Mohammad Salman Hamdani (Urdu: محمد سلمان ہمدانی) (December 28, 1977 – September 11, 2001) was a Pakistani American New York City Police Department cadet and emergency medical technician who was killed in the aftermath of the September 11 attacks on the World Trade Center, where he had gone to try to help people. In the weeks following 9/11, reports surfaced that the missing Hamdani was being investigated for possible involvement with the perpetrators, but this suspicion proved to be false and he was subsequently hailed as a hero by the New York City mayor and police commissioner.
Mohammad Salman Hamdani | |
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محمد سلمان ہمدانی | |
Born | December 28, 1977 Karachi, Pakistan |
Died | September 11, 2001(2001-09-11) (aged 23) New York City, U.S. |
Cause of death | Collapse of 1 World Trade Center during the September 11 attacks |
Monuments | September 11 Memorial |
Other names | Salman "Sal" Hamdani[1] |
Education | B.S. Biochemistry, 2001 |
Alma mater | Queens College |
Occupation(s) | Emergency medical technician, New York Police Department cadet |
Known for | Heroism on 9/11 |
Hamdani was mentioned in the 2001 USA PATRIOT Act of the U.S. Congress as an example of Muslim Americans who acted heroically on 9/11. An intersection in Bayside, Queens has been renamed "Salman Hamdani Way" in his memory, and scholarship awards established in his name at Rockefeller University and Queens College in New York.