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At least two of the cellphone calls made by passengers indicate that all the hijackers they saw were wearing red bandanas, which some have questioned may have signified an allegiance to the Egyptian Islamic Jihad. The calls also indicated that one of the men had tied a box around his torso, and claimed there was a bomb inside; it is not known which hijacker this was.

Passengers on the plane heard through phone calls the fates of the other hijacked planes, and organized a brief assault to retake the cockpit. The hijackers crashed the plane into the Pennsylvania farmland rather than cede control of the plane. All aboard died.

Nami warned his fellow hijackers in the cockpit of the passenger's revolt, and attempted to hold off the advancing passengers with a food cart, pepper spray, and a fire extinguisher; he seems to have been overwhelmed and killed by having his neck snapped.

==In Popular culture==

He has been portrayed by British actor Jamie Harding in the 2006 film United 93 and Asim Wali in the film Flight 93. In United 93, Nami is depicting as warning his fellow hijackers in the cockpit of the passenger's revolt, and attempting to hold off the advancing passengers with a food cart, pepper spray, and a fire extinguisher; he is overwhelmed and killed by having his neck snapped.

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 At least two of the cellphone calls made by passengers indicate that all the hijackers they saw were wearing red bandanas, which some have questioned may have signified an allegiance to the Egyptian Islamic Jihad. The calls also indicated that one of the men had tied a box around his torso, and claimed there was a bomb inside; it is not known which hijacker this was.
 Passengers on the plane heard through phone calls the fates of the other hijacked planes, and organized a brief assault to retake the cockpit. The hijackers crashed the plane into the Pennsylvania farmland rather than cede control of the plane. All aboard died.
-Nami <span style="font-family:sans-serif;line-height:19.1875px;">warned his fellow hijackers </span><span style="font-family:sans-serif;line-height:19.1875px;">in the cockpit of the passenger's revolt, and attempted to hold off the advancing passengers with a food cart, pepper spray, and a fire extinguisher; he seems to have been overwhelmed and killed by having his neck snapped.</span>
 ==In Popular culture==
 He has been portrayed by British actor Jamie Harding in the 2006 film United 93 and Asim Wali in the film Flight 93. In United 93, Nami is depicting as <span style="font-family:sans-serif;line-height:19.1875px;">warning his fellow hijackers </span><span style="font-family:sans-serif;line-height:19.1875px;">in the cockpit of the passenger's revolt, and attempting to hold off the advancing passengers with a food cart, pepper spray, and a fire extinguisher; he is overwhelmed and killed by having his neck snapped.</span>