John P. O'Neill, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

John P. O'Neill

American counter-terrorism expert

Date of Birth: 06-Feb-1952

Place of Birth: Atlantic City, New Jersey, United States

Date of Death: 11-Sep-2001

Profession: expert, special agent

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Aquarius

John Patrick O'Neill (February 6, 1952 – September 11, 2001) was an American counter-terrorism expert, who worked as a special agent and eventually a Special Agent in Charge in the Federal Bureau of Investigation.
In 1995, O'Neill began to intensely study the roots of the 1993 World Trade Center bombing after he assisted in the capture of Ramzi Yousef, who was the leader of that plot. He subsequently learned of al-Qaeda and Osama bin Laden, and investigated the 1996 Khobar Towers bombing in Saudi Arabia and the 2000 USS Cole bombing in Yemen.
Partly due to personal friction he had within the FBI and federal government, O'Neill was pushed out of the Bureau in 2001.
He became the head of security at the World Trade Center, where he died at age 49 while helping to evacuate the North Tower during the September 11, 2001 attacks.
O'Neill has been featured in a number of documentaries and books.