Fall and Rise page 3

 Fall and Rise page 3 by ric gustafson

It was Monday Sept 10, the time was near midnight. Cee Cee Lyles was sharing an apartment with four other flight attendants. The apartment was near Newark International Airport. 33 year old Cee Cee spent a lot of time on the phone with her husband Lorne. Lorne was a police officer in Fort Myers Florida. Cee Cee became a flight attendant after leaving a stressful job as a police detective. The night of Sep 10, she could not sleep. She was scheduled to leave Newark Airport at 8:00 am Sept 11for a flight leaving for San Francisco. The flight was United Airlines flight 93.

In Rome New York, 43 year old Major Kevin Nasypany was the Mission Control Commander at the Northeast Air Defense Sector. Kevin was tired. He had planned an exercise for Sep 11. That night before the exercise, Major Nasypany did not sleep well. The code name for the exercise was ' Vigilant Guard'

For the Fallen

Edelmiro Abad was a father of three daughters. People called him Ed. Abad was born in Spain. Abad and his family lived in Brooklyn New York. Abad worked on the 90th floor of Tower Two. Abad was a Senior Vice President with Fiduciary Trust Company. Edelmiro Abad was 54.

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Peace and God's blessings. Love Ric