The son of a convicted Egypt-born terrorist who was associated with the mastermind of the World Trade Center bombing in 1993 has joined the New York Fire Department as a firefighter, according to a media report.
Omar Ahmed Sattar, 30, the eldest son of convicted terrorist Ahmed Abdel Sattar, graduated with 278 others from the FDNY Academy in October, the New York Post reported.
The elder Sattar, now 58, was convicted by federal authorities in 2005 of "soliciting crimes of violence" and conspiracy to murder Jews, the report said.
Six months after the 9/11 attack, the elder Sattar -- a postal worker from Elm Park -- was arrested and accused of providing material aid to Sheik Omar Abdel Rahman, the blind Egyptian cleric who masterminded the 1993 World Trade Center bombing, which killed six people.
He is currently serving a 24-year prison sentence in the federal penitentiary in Marion, Illinois.
In a statement to The Post, the young fireman did not mention his father, but described how his new job is a dream come true, the paper said.
"This is what I have always wanted to do. This is who I have always wanted to be. I have always admired firefighters," he said.
The department assigned Sattar to Engine Co. 282 in Borough Park, a heavily Orthodox Jewish neighborhood.
An FDNY spokesman would not say whether the department knew of the elder Sattar's criminal record when it hired the son.
"All individuals prior to appointment as a firefighter
must pass a comprehensive background check," said the spokesman, Frank Dwyer.
Officials noted that the younger Sattar worked for the city Sanitation Department for three years before joining the FDNY.
The graduates include John Palombo, whose firefighter dad, Frank, was killed in the 9/11 attacks.
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