Peter Paul, 40, of Tewksbury, a passenger aboard American Airlines Flight #11, died Tuesday. Mr. Hashem was a Senior Software Engineering Manager at Teradyne in Boston. Peter was born in Akoura, Lebanon and educated in the Lawrence School system. He graduated from Greater Lawrence Regional Technical High School in Andover and he received a Bachelor of Science degree in electrical engineer from the University of Massachusetts at Amherst.

He was a parishioner of St. Anthony Maronite Catholic Church in Lawrence. He is the son of Nemra Hashem of Methuen and the late George P. Hashem. He is survived by his wife Rita Hashem of Tewksbury. Sons: Christopher Hashem 11, and Patrick Hashem 9, brothers Joseph Hashem and his wife Nada; Abdo Hashem and his wife Samaria; sisters Sabah wife of George Daher, Rose Hashem, Najwah wife of Steven Miceli, Najat wife of Stephen Arsenault and Fadwah wife of Gregory Chiklis; several aunts, uncles, cousins, nieces and nephews.