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Lexington Community Comes Together To Remember 5191 Tragedy

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Published August 27, 2016 at 1:59 PM EDT

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5191 Sculpture at UK Arboretum

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The entirety of Southland Christian Church Pastor John Weece's message was written on white posterboards

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Lexington Mayor Jim Gray arriving at the 5191 Memorial Service, to the right is Police Chief Mark Barnard

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Former NTSB Chairperson Deborah Hersman greets a well-wisher

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(L to R) Lexington Mayor Jim Gray, UK President Eli Capilouto, 5191 Commission co-chair Gerry Van Der Meer

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(L to R) John Weece of Southland Christian Church, Deborah Hersman, Fr. Norman Fischer, St. Peter Claver

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The now familiar 5191 Banner on display at the UK Arboretum

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Family, friends, and hundreds of caring members of the Lexington community came together at the UK Arboretum Saturday morning for a public memorial service to mark the tenth anniversary of the 49 lives that were lost in the Comair 5191 plane crash near Blue Grass Airport.

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Part 2 of the Memorial Service

Speakers included Deborah Hersman, former chairperson of the National Transportation Safety Board and the lead investigator of the August 27, 2006 crash. Representing the families were Matthew Snoddy, son of victim Tim Snoddy, Sue Byrd, mother of victim Brian Byrd, and Anita Threet, wife of the late Greg Threet. The somber event was capped off by a symbolic bird release at the 5191 Memorial Sculpture near the garden of remembrance.