9/11 Terrorists' Hollywood Home Bulldozed
Building where Sept. 11 pilots stayed demolished to make way for pool
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ATLANTA - APRIL 17: Todd Shaw displays a mockup of a Florida driver's license with the image of 9/11 hijacker Mohammed Atta during a rally on the steps of the state Capitol April 17, 2006 in Atlanta, Georgia. About 300 people gathered to protest illegal immigration. Shortly afterward, Governor Sonny Perdue signed the Georgia Security and Immigration Compliance Act (SB529) into law. (Photo by Barry Williams/Getty Images)
The Hollywood building that housed two of the terrorists in the months before they piloted planes into New York's Twin Towers in the Sept. 11 attacks has been demolished.
Mohamed Atta and Marwan al-Shehhi spent two months in 2001 at the building at 1818 Jackson St., but today it was razed to make way for a pool and a parking lot.
By 11 a.m., the build was nothing more than a pile of rubble.
Atta and al-Shehhi spent May and June of '01 in apartment 3A, on the second floor. It was one of several small apartments throughout South Florida that the two shared in the months leading up to the attacks.
The building had fallen into disrepair over the past few years as few in the area realized its historical significance. Apartment 3A's last rental was an elderly woman with three cats, paying $500 per month.
Bryan Grosman, who recently purchased the building, decided to tear it down to build a pool and parking lot for an apartment building next door.
"It is one of life's little treats to be able to demolish a property like that, where a monster used to reside," Grosman said last month.
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