I just found out – my fahter in law called – that the man who owned Finley’s Fun Center (rollerskating, arcade, that kind of thing) in London and Danville was on the plane. I didn’t skate much at Finley’s in London, but I knew Mike. All the kids who kne him called him “Uncle Mike”.

We’re trying to find out whether someone Preston works with was on the flight or not.

It’s a mess, and it’s all just the same news over and over – on the radio and on the tv. :sigh:

[7pm - eta that Art had told me that some folks from Harlan County were on the plane, too, but until I heard the names being listed on the news a few minutes ago, that didn't really sink in. I still don't know who those particular people were; hearing "from Harlan County" drowned out their names.]

You know that the top of your coffee table (or perhaps you or both) has entirely too much going on if, when the telephone rings, you reach over and answer your diet 7-Up can – and wonder why the hell the telephone is still ringing.

Preston just called me from work to let me know so I didn’t wake up and just hear the news in an arbitrary manner. Right now, we don’t know if anybody we know was on the flight.

Comair Flight Crashes Near KY Airport
Aug 27, 9:10 AM (ET)

http://apnews.myway.com//article/20060827/D8JOPJB01.html

LEXINGTON, Ky. (AP) – A Comair flight carrying 50 people crashed a mile from Lexington’s airport Sunday morning, the Federal Aviation Administration said. At least one person survived.

Comair Flight 5191, a CRJ-100 regional jet with 47 passengers and three crew members, crashed at 6:07 a.m. shortly after taking off for Atlanta, said Kathleen Bergen, another FAA spokeswoman.

There was no immediate word on what caused the crash.

The University of Kentucky hospital is treating a survivor from the crash who is critical condition, spokesman Jay Blanton said. No other survivors have been brought to the hospital, he said.

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On the Net:

Comair: http://www.comair.com
Delta Air Lines: http://www.delta.com
CNN: http://www.cnn.com/2006/US/08/27/plane.crash/index.html

Preston’s dad just called to let us know before we saw it on the news tonight:

WYMT Mountain News

Teenager Killed In Early Morning Fire

Aug 26, 2006 08:26 PM

An early morning house fire in Harlan County leaves one teenager dead and a family in mourning.

A sad day in Loyall where a neighbor says she woke up to someone yelling for help around 5:30 Saturday morning, as a fire spread through two apartments above a laundromat. Officials say four people escaped unharmed from one of the apartments, but 17 year old Mary Ellen Hickey, a junior at Cawood High School, died of smoke inhalation and heat in the other apartment.

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