CeeCee Lyles
CeeCee Lyles (1967 – September 11, 2001) was a flight attendant who died aboard United Airlines flight 93 in the September 11, 2001 attacks. She is best-known for calling her husband from the plane on a cellular telephone after the hijackers took control of the plane, a call that served as one of the few pieces of good evidence for what went on aboard the plane.
Lyles lived in Fort Myers, Florida with her family but stayed in a shared Newark, New Jersey apartment when working for United Airlines. Lyles spent over six years as a police officer for the city of Fort Pierce, Florida. She married her husband, who was also a police officer in Fort Pierce, in November, 2003, CeeCee Lyles was memorialized with a life-size statue (work of sculptor Chris Riccardo) at the Fort Pierce, Florida memorial for the heroes and dead of the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks.
See also: Casualties of the September 11, 2001 attacks.
