💔😭🇺🇸 “TELL THE KIDS I LOVE THEM”: A MOTHER’S FINAL WORDS BEFORE FLIGHT 93 WENT DOWN ON 9/11 🕊️🙏

She was only 33 years old — a mother, a wife, a former police officer and a United Airlines flight attendant who had dreamed of becoming a pilot.

Her name was CeeCee Ross Lyles.

On the morning of September 11, 2001, CeeCee left for work just as she had done countless times before. She had no idea that Flight 93 would become part of one of the darkest and most unforgettable moments in American history.

CeeCee had previously served for six years with the Fort Pierce Police Department in Florida before pursuing her childhood dream of flying.

That morning, she was working aboard United Airlines Flight 93 when the plane was hijacked.

In the middle of the chaos, CeeCee managed to make a phone call to her husband, Lorne.

The two prayed together.

She told him that the passengers and crew were preparing to take action.

Then came the words that would become part of her lasting legacy:

“Tell the kids that I love them. We’re getting ready to do it. It’s happening.”

Those were among the final words her family would ever hear from her.

At 10:03 a.m., Flight 93 crashed near Shanksville, Pennsylvania.

All 40 passengers and crew members aboard were killed.

But the plane never reached its intended target.

According to the 9/11 Commission, passengers and crew members learned about the attacks elsewhere and attempted to regain control of the aircraft from the hijackers.

Their actions changed the course of history.

More than two decades later, CeeCee is still remembered not simply as a victim of September 11, but as a mother who thought of her children in her final moments — and a woman who found the courage to act when everything around her was falling apart.

Her memory continues to live on in Fort Pierce, Florida, where a statue honoring CeeCee has become part of the community’s remembrance of September 11.

She never made it home to her family.

But her final message did.

“Tell the kids that I love them.”

🕊️🇺🇸 More than 25 years later, those words still carry the weight of a mother’s love, courage and sacrifice.

May CeeCee Lyles and all those who lost their lives on September 11 never be forgotten. 🕊️💔🙏