[Congressional Record Volume 148, Number 109 (Tuesday, September 3, 2002)]
[Senate]
[Page S8080]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                        IN MEMORIAM: DANIEL LEE

 Mrs. BOXER. Mr. President, I would like to take this 
opportunity to share with the Senate the memory of one of my 
constituents, Daniel Lee, who lost his life on September 11, 2001. Mr. 
Lee was 34 years old when the plane he was on, American Airlines Flight 
11, was hijacked by terrorists. As we all know, that plane crashed into 
the World Trade Center, killing everyone on board.
  Daniel Lee grew up in Palm Desert, CA. He was a carpenter and a 
drummer in a local southern California band. He met his wife, Kellie, 
in 1991 at a rock concert in which he was playing the drums. They were 
married October 7, 1995 and their first child, Amanda Beth, was born 
December 11, 1998.
  Mr. Lee was a dedicated and successful set carpenter in the music 
industry, known to work 20 hour days when necessary. He worked with 
many talented musicians including Neil Diamond, Barbra Streisand, 
N'Sync, Aerosmith and Yanni. He was touring with the Backstreet Boys 
when, on September 11, 2001, he left to fly home to be with his wife as 
she was a about to give birth to their second child. Allison Danielle 
Lee was born September 13, 2001.
  Kellie Lee recalls Dan's bright, relaxed and charming smile. ``He was 
caring, loving, funny and romantic. He loved being a dad and was so 
excited about having another child on the way,'' she says. One of his 
special joys was getting friends together for barbeques and pool 
parties,'' Kellie remembers.
  Dan Lee is survived by his wife, Kellie Lee, his daughters, Amanda 
and Allison, mother and stepfather Elaine and John Sussino, brothers 
Jack Fleishman and Stuart Lee and sister, Randi Kaye.
  None of us is untouched by the terror of September 11, and many 
Californians were part of each tragic moment of that tragic day. Some 
were trapped in the World Trade Center towers. Some were at work in the 
Pentagon. And the fates of some were sealed as they boarded planes 
bound for San Francisco or Los Angeles.
  I offer today this tribute to one of 51 Californians who perished on 
that awful morning. I want to assure the family of Daniel Lee, and the 
families of all the victims, that their fathers and mothers, sons and 
daughters, aunts, uncles, brothers and sisters will not be 
forgotten.

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