Business owner says 3 employees still missing after Louisville UPS plane crash

Valarie Honeycutt Spears and Karla Ward, Lexington Herald-Leader on Nov 8, 2025

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LEXINGTON, Ky. — The owner of one of the businesses hit in the UPS plane crash in Louisville on Tuesday said three of his employees were still missing as of Saturday afternoon.

Sean Garber, owner and CEO of Grade A Recycling, said Megan Washburn, John Loucks and a third woman whose family has asked not to release information about her were still missing.

Garber said Washburn was a young mother and “a wonderful young lady.”

Garber said three customers, including a 3-year-old child, died at the business.

Two of those customers were identified by a family friend as Louisnes “Lou” Fedon and his granddaughter, Kimberly Asa, 3, ABC News reported.

They “were simply in the wrong place at the wrong time, becoming victims of this catastrophic and unforeseen accident,” according to a GoFundMe account set up to support Fedon’s teenage children.

“His death has created a sudden and immense void that goes far beyond emotional grief,” it reads.

Fedon often visited the scrapyard near the airport as a source of income, according to ABC News.

Fourteen people, including the three crew members of Flight 2976, have been confirmed dead.

An engine of the MD-11 McDonnell Douglas aircraft detached as the plane was taking off from Louisville’s Muhammad Ali International Airport en route to Honolulu late Tuesday afternoon, creating a fiery scene as the wreckage hit two businesses south of the airport, including Garber’s.

The NTSB is still investigating.

Louisville Mayor Craig Greenberg said in an update Saturday night that officials think the death toll will remain at 14.

He said 13 victims were found at the crash site, which matches the number of missing persons reports received by the Louisville Metro Police Department, and one victim died at the hospital.

“The Jefferson County Coroner is working rapidly to identify each victim and will make their names public as soon as their identities are confirmed,” Greenberg said in a statement shared on social media. “May the victims’ memories be a blessing.”