one was a bay area man, jeff coleman was a flight attendant on the first plane that crashed into the towers. his partner has fought a long legal journey to get survivor benefits from the government. >> i love you truly keith, don't forget that. >> when i'm not home with you just pull out the letter and remember words. >> he is still reading the same letter his partner jeff coleman wrote in 2000 a year before his partner lost his life on when terrorists flew his plane into the world trade center. >> he was a flight attendant in the plane that day. >> were domestic partners living in novato but when keith applied for survivor benefits he was denied. >> the airlines at the time did not recognize domestic partners and subsequently they took his last paycheck and split it between divorced parents. >> he was devastated and set out to change laws and policy for the lgbtq community. lobbying for a california bill giving thomistic partners inheritance rights which became -- domestic partners inheritance rights which became law in 2002. recently he won another victory from the federal governme