Families of some of the victims who were killed on September 11, 2001, attacks worked in the bond trading company in Howard Lottennik, now, urging him to hand over a possible Saudi citizen who is likely to participate in the attacks while preparing to participate in economic talks with the Kingdom.
In a letter to Mr. Lutnick, obtained by the New York Times, families representing hundreds of employees in the company, Cantor Fitzgerald, who died in the attack, was martyred by unlimited evidence and that showed that Omar Al -Bayoumi, the Saudi intelligence agent, had links to the attackers.
Mr. Lootnick is the same close to the victim of the terrorist attack; His brother, who also worked for Cantor Fitzgerald, died. Cantor, whose offices on the two floors extended from 101 to 105 of the northern tower of the World Trade Center, lost more staff than any other company affected by the attacks.
The message comes at a time when Mr. Lootnick is planning to accompany President Trump to Saudi Arabia this week as part of a week for a week to the Middle East. Families urged Mr. Lutnick to raise the issue that Mr. Al -Bayoumi is presented to justice in any discussions on strengthening the economic partnership of the United States with the Kingdom. Relatives wrote that his appointment “gives us renewed hope” to determine the full truth about the attacks and the official.
“You are in a unique position to emphasize that any such partnership should start with accountability and justice, while making sure that Omar Al -Bayoumi is delivered to the United States to counter justice in an American court,” I read the message that had more than 150 site.
“This issue goes beyond politics; it is a matter of principle,” he continued. “It comes to honoring the lives we lost, and whether the country that sent them to their tragic death will be greeting at all.”
Trade Administration officials refused to comment. A person with knowledge of Mr. Lootnick’s thinking said he saw the message and highly appreciated the ideas of the family members.
Mr. Lootnick, who was working as the company’s CEO at the time of the attack, lost 658 employees, including his best friend. In a post on social media last year, it is He narrated how his son was falling on his first day of kindergarten When his phone continued to resonance and separate from his brother, my neighbor, try to call to say goodbye.
Cantor Fitzgerald continued to support families affected by attacks, giving them $ 180 million. It also paid for their health for 10 years and established the Relief Fund.
“I promised to take care of all families,” he wrote. “They have become part of my family.”
There was opposition within the company on how to allocate a settlement from US Airlines on the plane that was criticized to the World North Center, causing its collapse. Mr. Lootnick told the company’s executives in 2014 that the money was supposed to be largely disbursed among the company’s partners, instead of members of the family of the dead.
For years, information has been blocked about Mr. Al -Bayoumi’s potential participation in the September 11 attacks.
Last summer, British authorities from Mr. Al -Bayoumi’s house linked him to September 11 from Al Qaeda on September 11 It was announced for the first time.
After more than a week of attacks, British police officers raided Mr. Al -Bayoumi’s home, who met two kidnappers on September 11 in Los Angeles shortly after their arrival in early 2000. Among the elements that the officers seized a pillow for him.
The British authorities have transferred the article to the FBI to investigate the attacks. But it is still not clear what happened to draw after that. She was not shared with the September 11 Committee, a group of legislators and experts from the two parties responsible for writing the final account of the attacks. In its 2004 report, the committee described Mr. Al -Bayoumi as an “unlikely candidate for secret participation with Islamic extremists.”
None of the new evidence provided by Mr. Al -Bayoumi’s house definitely demonstrated that the Saudi government enabled the attacks, but it adds to an increasing circumstantial issue.
Families cited a report on “60 minutes “last month, It was revealed that Mr. Al -Bayoumi pictures of the Capitol before the attacks.
In the letter, the families indicated that such information was in the hands of the FBI after weeks of the attack, but it was blocked by the American public and the September 11th Commission for years.
“This betrayal is amazing,” said the message. “But now we have an opportunity for a new start.”
