In this series, Newsweek maps the road to 9/11 as it happened 25 years ago, day by day.
Yesterday: “Smile in the face of doom, young man,” Mohammed Atta instructed the other 9/11 hijackers, “for you are passing to the gardens of eternity.”
September 3, 2001: Marwan Al-Shehhi went to Walmart on Copans Road in Pompano Beach, Florida, on September 3 and purchased the following items: a toggle switch, gel mate, auto tape, and a 9-volt battery…