On June 25 , Jarrah took Haznawi to Holy Cross Hospital in Fort Lauderdale , Florida , on the advice of his landlord , Charles Lisa . Haznawi was treated by Dr. Christos Tsonas , who gave him antibiotics for a small gash on his left calf . While he told staff that he had bumped into a suitcase , the media briefly reported it as a sign of cutaneous anthrax , hoping to show a link to the 2001 anthrax attacks , although the FBI later addressed the rumors , stating " Exhaustive testing did not support that anthrax was present anywhere the hijackers had been . " In mid July 2001 , some of the hijackers and members of the Hamburg cell gathered near Salou , Spain , for a period of a few days up to a couple of weeks . There seemed to be tension between Jarrah and Atta about the plot in its late stages . Atta had complained to Binalshibh about his difficulty in getting through to Jarrah and his fear that Jarrah might withdraw from the plot completely . On July 25 , Jarrah flew to Germany on a one-way ticket and again met with his girlfriend , the last time she saw him . Later , he met with Binalshibh who convinced Jarrah to go through with the operation . Jarrah arrived back in the United States on August 5 , though other sources indicate that he took his pilot 's test on August 2 , having missed his sister 's wedding to do so . On August 27 , he checked into a Laurel , Maryland , motel , only a mile away from the Valencia where four other hijackers were staying . On September 7 , 2001 , all four of Flight 93 hijackers flew from Fort Lauderdale to Newark International Airport aboard Spirit Airlines
2001 anthrax attacks
2001 anthrax attacks
Ziad Jarrah