A United Airlines flight attendant who previously shared her transition story as a transgender woman in a video for the airline has died.
Kayleigh Scott shared an emotional note on her Instagram and Facebook page on Monday.
“As I take my final breaths and exit this living earth, I would like to apologize to everyone I let down,” Scott wrote. “I am so sorry I could not be better. To those that I love, I am sorry I could not be stronger. To those that gave me their everything, I am sorry my effort was not reciprocated.”
“Please understand that me leaving is not a reflection on you, but the result of my own inability to turn myself for the better.”
Scott mentioned a few family and friends and apologized to them.
“I will see you all again on the other side.”
Scott’s mother, Andrea Sylvestro, confirmed her daughter’s passing.
“Kayleigh Scott…I am so unbelievably proud to have you as my daughter, proud and amazed by everything that you have done in your life, your smile was absolutely beautiful, your laughter was unbelievably contagious, your heart was bigger than any of us could have ever understood,” Sylvestro posted on Facebook.
“I miss you so much already, everything that you have been through, every morning you woke up and looked in that mirror, I hope you saw what we all saw.. a beautiful, eloquent, compassionate, courageous beautiful soul! I love you so so much!!!” she added, in part. “Fly high my beautiful daughter, I will not let a day go by that I don’t honor your name and everything you stood for.”
United Airlines representatives released a statement to PEOPLE, saying they were “saddened by the tragic loss of Kayleigh Scott and extend our deepest condolences to her family, friends, and coworkers.”
In 2020, Scott was featured in a video for United where she discussed her transitioning and how she felt her peers at the company supported her.
“This is a story that I know is so important for me to continue sharing,” she said in the video. “Not for me, but for those out there who are still fighting social norms, the boundaries set upon them, [and] fighting themselves.”
Crystal Gross
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