Daniel Lewin: The First Victim of 9/11 and Internet Pioneer
How 2 Israeli newsrooms covered this story — translated into English and compared side by side.
By i24NEWS, Joe Brown
First reported by Israel National News · 1 day ago
What happened
Daniel Lewin, an American-Israeli entrepreneur and former Israeli special forces soldier, is identified as the first victim of the 9/11 attacks. He was killed while attempting to stop hijackers on American Airlines Flight 11, nearly 20 minutes before the plane hit the World Trade Center. Lewin was also a co-founder of Akamai Technologies, a company that revolutionized internet infrastructure.
- 01Daniel Lewin, 31, is believed to be the first victim of the 9/11 attacks.
- 02He was killed attempting to stop hijackers on American Airlines Flight 11.
- 03Lewin was a co-founder of the internet company Akamai Technologies.
- 04He was a former captain in the IDF's elite Sayeret Matkal unit.
- 05His work at Akamai helped solve the "World Wide Wait" on the early internet.
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