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Source: http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/1018440.html
Remembering 9/11 Hero Daniel Lewin: An Israeli Commando on AA Flight 11
[Ha'aretz] Marco Greenberg - Seven years ago, two planes barreled into the World Trade Center. Little did I know that one of my best friends had been on one of those planes. I first met Daniel Lewin in 1986 when he was working part-time at Samson's, a weight-lifting gym in Jerusalem. His family had made aliyah to Israel from Denver. After high school he went to serve in the IDF's Sayeret Matkal commando unit. In 1996, he accepted a scholarship to study computer science and mathematics at MIT. Two years later, he founded Akamai Technologies, which offered a new and revolutionary way to deliver content over the Internet. When the 9/11 Commission issued its report, based in part on transcripts of conversations between flight attendants and ground control, it confirmed that Danny fought back on American Airlines Flight 11, from Boston, the first plane to be hijacked, and was mortally wounded trying to stop the terrorists. Yes, the men and women of Flight 93 were heroes, but Danny resisted alone and with no warning as to the larger plot that was unfolding.