Sam Lilley, the first officer of the fatal American Airlines flight that crashed into the Potomac River on Wednesday night outside Washington, D.C., was a coastal Georgia native and Georgia ...

SAVANNAH, Ga. (WTOC) - Sam Lilley’s public memorial was held Saturday at Georgia Southern’s Fine Arts Center in Savannah.

SAVANNAH — Hundreds of friends and family gathered here Saturday at a memorial service for pilot Sam Lilley, highlighting his pride in his profession but also his kindness and his humor.

Friends and family gathered in Savannah this weekend to remember Sam Lilley as an ... who has known Lilley since they were boys growing up in southeast Georgia, told the Associated Press last ...

Lilley believes that Sam’s passion for flying grew from watching him as a pilot. After earning a degree in marketing and logistics from Georgia Southern University, Sam shifted to aviation.

Sam Lilley, the American Airlines pilot on board a plane that collided with a military helicopter last month, is being laid to rest on Saturday. A memorial service is being held in the Fine Arts ...