that this plane didn't come down on a school, hospital or hotel or other high occupancy location such as the Ford Plant. The plane crashed in a light industrial and commercial area. So far at 10 PM, we have seven confirmed dead and 11 injured who were not on the plane, numbers likely to rise per Gov. Beshear.
On a personal level, the crash was less than 5-miles from an elementary school where my daughter teaches, highlighting how serious this could have been. In a double stroke of luck, she had to take a sick day today. I was also worried about my granddaughter who has allergies and a student at U of L, which was directly in the smoke plume path and only about 6 to 7 miles north of the crash. In another stroke of luck, she was working today well away from the high pollution area. Now, schools are closed tomorrow due to a shelter-in-place order for parts of Jefferson county.
UPS has grown to be a large part of the community here, over the years building their gigantic World Port Facility near the crash site. Most of us here have known a number of UPS employees through the years and this incident adds to their stress following the big layoff announcement.
Thoughts and meditations of peace go out to all affected.
KY.............
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