“It seems very sweet, and it seems like something she would definitely say, you know,” said Jevon Castrillo about his late mom’s letter.
A heart-wrenching letter penned by a heroic 9/11 flight attendant has finally reached her son — over 20 years after she perished aboard Flight 93 in the September 11, 2001, attacks. for $ In a moment as poignant as it is powerful, Jevon Castrillo, now a grown man and father, came face to face with a message written in March 2001 by his late mother, Cee Cee Ross Lyles, just months before her tragic death.
The touching revelation was made possible by WPTV reporter Jon Shainman, who orchestrated a video call between Castrillo and his former kindergarten teacher, Tammy Thurman — the woman who had held onto the letter all these years.
A Letter Lost to Time… Finally Delivered
The letter’s path to Castrillo was anything but ordinary. Shainman first came across the note when it arrived at the station. With curiosity and reverence, Shainman delivered it directly to him in Fort Pierce, where Castrillo carefully unfolded the piece of paper that had been preserved for nearly a quarter of a century.
