Jeffrey Collman
Collman, a 41-year-old flight attendant who had worked for American for three years, usually flew the Boston-to-San Francisco route. But this month he switched to the Boston-to-Los Angeles route so he could accommodate vacation plans.
A week ago, the Novato resident was aboard Flight 11 as it crashed into one of the World Trade Center towers, killing everyone aboard.
Collman had called his partner, Keith Bradkowski, the night before to say he was excited about their upcoming vacation.
Collman, who grew up in Yorkville, Ill., had lived in Novato for four years.
He received the American Professional Flight Attendant Award in 1999 and was considered a spirited and dedicated flight attendant. He liked to entertain children on his flights, and he was fond of playing tennis and traveling, friends said.
He leaves behind four brothers and a sister.
Words from Jeffrey's Parents:
In memory of our son Jeffrey Collman flight attendant on flight 11. We will never forget him. We loved him and he loved us. He will be in our hearts forever. We still expect a call from him with a joke or two. He loved to make people laugh.
Dwayne and Kay Collman
Words from Jeffrey's Cousin:
Jeff Coleman was my cousin and I miss him alot.
He has very fun to be around and we talked about life and things. Jeff
met my wife for the first time in Orlando Fl just a few months before
this tragic event. All I can say, is if I was on that plane with him I
know him and I would have tried to do something. Knowing him the way I
did, he must have most likely taken care of the passengers and comforted them to
the best of his ability. I am sure they thought they were hijacked to go to
another country. Only if the hijackers told them they were going to crash
the plane into the twin towers. That's the only way they would have known.
Otherwise they had no idea what was going to happen. He always wanted to
live for today.
In loving memory from MARTY / CHESTER / JOAN / WENDY MIDDAUGH