9/11 Hijackers' Apartment to be Demolished

The nondescript building off Hollywood's Young Circle where two of the Sept. 11 terrorists briefly lived is set to be demolished Friday.

Mohamed Atta and Marwan al-Shehhi shared a second floor unit in the building at 1818 Jackson St. before carrying out terrorist plans that took down three commercial airlines, one that crashed into the Pentagon and two others that took down the World Trade Center twin towers in New York.

The building has racked up several code violations in the past decade. Its new owner wants to replace the structure with a pool and parking lot. He has said that demolishing the former home of the terrorists is "one of life's little treats."

Atta was the hijacker on the first plane that crashed into the Twin Towers and al-Shehhi was on the second plane that crashed in the iconic New York structure.

They rented the corner apartment for one month from May to June 2001. They also lived in Delray Beach and Coral Springs.

The building was constructed in 1962 and has an assessed value of $589,630. Renters who lived there described the place as a "dump" where leaves, beer cans and old newspapers litter the entrance.