3 Temecula Neighborhoods Will Always Remember 9/11

TEMECULA, CA — Over 20 years have passed since Sept. 11, 2001, but a little Temecula neighborhood has everyday reminders: streets named after some of those who lost their lives.

Located in the southern part of Temecula, Paseo del Sol is a master-planned community that began construction in the early 1990s on approximately 820 acres. Around the time of the 1o-year anniversary of the 9/11 terror attacks, however, the city and some developers thought it fitting to pay tribute to the fallen by naming up-and-coming Paseo del Sol streets after victims who were killed.

The KB Homes Manzanita, Standard Pacific Reserve and Lennar Arroyo developments in Paseo del Sol — which are bordered between Butterfield Stage Road and Meadows Parkway — have street names like Lyles Drive, Burnett Way, Beamer Court.

The designations pay tribute to CeeCee Ross Lyles, a 33-year-old flight attendant aboard United Flight 93; Thomas Edward Burnett Jr., 38, the vice-president and chief operating officer of a California-based medical devices company who was also on Flight 93; and 32-year-old Todd Morgan Beamer, one of the Flight 93 passengers who tried to regain control of the aircraft from hijackers.

More than a dozen other streets in the neighborhoods pay tribute to those on Flight 93, as well as others killed that fateful day.

United Flight 93 took off from Newark International Airport in Newark, New Jersey, on Sept. 11, 2001. The scheduled departure from the gate was 8 a.m. with a scheduled arrival at San Francisco International Airport of 11:14 a.m. (local times).

There were 44 people on board: two pilots, five flight attendants, 33 passengers and four hijackers.

During the September 11 attacks, 2,977 people died in total, not including the hijackers. Thousands of others were injured.

To see the names of those killed, visit the 9/11 Memorial & Museum website.