Saturday, August 27, 2011

Kentucky plane crash victims remembered in sculpture. Comair flight 5191, Bombardier CL-600-2B19, N431CA. Accident occurred August 27, 2006. Blue Grass Airport, Lexington, Kentucky.

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The memorial sculpture for the 49 victims of the 2006 Comair Flight 5191 crash sits among roses on the University of Kentucky campus during a dedication ceremony Saturday, Aug. 27, 2011, in Lexington, Ky. (AP Photo/Ed Reinke)


 Five years after a plane crash killed 49 people, their relatives gathered Saturday for a tearful ceremony to unveil a striking sculpture showing a flock of birds in flight to memorialize the victims.

The people who died aboard Comair Flight 5191 were remembered in song, prayer and speeches during an hour-long service highlighted by the dedication of the 17-foot-tall metal sculpture...

Source:  http://www.newsday.com

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