It has been reported that , in the spring or summer of 2001 , Osama bin Laden placed a phone call to his mother and in a " very brief conversation " told her " that he will not be able to call again for a long time , " adding that " great events are about to take place . " Following the September 11 attacks , Hamida has said " I disapprove of the ambitions the press ascribe to him , but I am satisfied with Osama , and I pray to God that He will guide him along the right path . " She later stated “ My life was very difficult because he was so far away from me . Osama was a very good kid and he loved me so much . ” She continued “ He was a very good child until he met some people who pretty much brainwashed him in his early 20s . You can call it a cult . They got money for their cause . I would always tell him to stay away from them , and he would never admit to me what he was doing , because he loved me so much . ” The person Osama met in college was Abdullah Azzam
September 11 attacks
September 11 attacks
Hamida al-Attas