Sara-Low-Obituary

Sara Elizabeth Low

Batesville, Arkansas

About

LOCATION
Batesville, Arkansas

Obituary

Send Flowers

Poise, and a Silly Streak, Too
For Sara Elizabeth Low, a career as a flight attendant was a birthright. Family vacations meant piling in the back of her father's small plane and heading from Batesville, Ark., to the Gulf Coast or Rocky Mountains. "Sara didn't think there was too much difference between being in the plane and being in a car," said her mother, Bobbie Low.

Poised, collected, yet prone to sudden streaks of silliness — a personality to calm even the most enraged traveler. And her job sated her wanderlust, her need for cosmopolitan glamor.

"She would call us from the different destinations and give us a hard time," said her older sister, Alyson, a teacher in Fayetteville, Ark. "In the summer she'd phone from San Francisco or Vancouver because she loved that she had to wear a sweater, rubbing it in about how hot and humid it is in Arkansas."

Yet one aspect of the itinerant life wore on Sara: in her first two years as a flight attendant she had about two dozen roommates. So at age 28 she had finally found a place of her own in the Beacon Hill area of Boston, the city from which she boarded Flight 11. "It had a fireplace and wooden floors," Alyson said. "Our mother went to Boston in the summer to help her clean it up, and it was going to be a real home."

Profile published in THE NEW YORK TIMES on December 6, 2001.


Despite having earned advanced degrees in banking and finance from the University of Arkansas, Sara E. Low was dedicated to her career with American Airlines. And the 29-year-old flight attendant was stationed along the eastern seaboard--a part of the nation she adored.

"She absolutely loved the airlines and helping people," her father, Mike, said Wednesday from his home in Batesville, Ark.

Guest Book

Not sure what to say?

Hi Sara. I retired and then un retired my self. Crazy right. Did my first London trip. We protested not having a new contract. You are always on my wings.

Down at training and running for second day training bus. Today always feels like a second ago. You are always on wings. I’ll be heading back to LAX today. Will never forget. Hugs to your family.

Sara you are always in my Hart and on my wings. Love to your family. Dottie AA 99-09

Ever September 11th, I wear Sara's memorial bracelet on my right wrist and I make sure that it gets noticed by everyone to let the public realize the the loss of one of our family members. My thought and prayers go out to her family, but please know that I will not let the public forget your loss, and I will continue to honor her, our hero, every year until I meet her in Heaven.

Thank you for sending your sister Alyson to warm our hearts with her thoughtful letter. Her kind words are still circulating 3 years later and has warmed many crew member's hearts each year. You are a true angel, Sara and your wings have served us well.❣

♥ From one of Saras AA Flight Attendant Family ♥♥ We will never forget♥
God Bless your family and Loved ones who miss you so terribly ♥

We will always remember you, Sara.

Time has passed, but we will always remember.
(Classmate of Saras mom).

Youre AA family will never forget. We miss you all❤