Sayeret Matkal veteran aboard Flight 11: 'We missed out on someone great'...

Daniel Lewin, a 31-year-old Israeli American and former Sayeret Matkal officer, was murdered aboard American Airlines Flight 11 on September 11, 2001, before the plane struck the North Tower of the World Trade Center. He is regarded as the first victim of the 9/11 attacks and co-founded internet company Akamai Technologies.

A Sayeret Matkal veteran stated that the unit missed out on someone great following Lewin's death.