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‘She’s all I got.’ Families await news on missing after Louisville UPS plane crash

LOUISVILLE, KENTUCKY - NOVEMBER 04: Fire and smoke mark where a UPS cargo plane crashed near Louisville Muhammad Ali International Airport on November 04, 2025 in Louisville, Kentucky. The fully fueled plane crashed shortly after takeoff with a shelter-in-place order issued for within 5 miles of the airport. (Photo by Stephen Cohen/Getty Images)
LOUISVILLE, KENTUCKY - NOVEMBER 04: Fire and smoke mark where a UPS cargo plane crashed near Louisville Muhammad Ali International Airport on November 04, 2025 in Louisville, Kentucky. The fully fueled plane crashed shortly after takeoff with a shelter-in-place order issued for within 5 miles of the airport. (Photo by Stephen Cohen/Getty Images) Getty Images

Angela Anderson’s family has been waiting days for news.

Her boyfriend, Donald Henderson, told TV station WDRB she was at the metal scrapping center Grade A Auto Parts in Louisville Tuesday night when a nearby UPS plane crashed during takeoff, killing at least 13 people.

She hasn’t been heard from since.

The search on Thursday continues for nine missing people.

“She’s all I got,” Henderson told WDRB Tuesday night.

Henderson went to a reunification center for victims in Louisville with the father of Anderson’s children, William Moreland.

“I hope she’s all right,” said Moreland, who has two children with Anderson.

“I know we aren’t the only ones,” Henderson said.

When a UPS plane crashed during takeoff Louisville’s Muhammad Ali International Airport on Tuesday evening, Grade A Auto Parts was one of two Kentucky businesses hit.

Louisville Mayor Craig Greenberg said the bodies had been removed from the scene. His spokesperson Allison Martin said not all had been identified.

On Wednesday, Moreland’s sister, Violet Bertschy, told the Herald-Leader that Angela Anderson was 45.

“She was scrapping metal and never returned home. My brother reported her missing. We have not heard anything yet,” said Bertschy.

WLKY in Louisville reported that three “Grade A Auto Parts employees remain unaccounted for, and there is reason to believe that customers may have been on site.”

Kyler Collins, who said he works at Grade A Autoparts, told the Herald-Leader he was at home Tuesday when the plane crashed.

He said three of his fellow employees, including John Loucks , are still missing. “John is a very special type of guy, he’d give you his shirt off his back. He’s always there for you when no one else is, unfortunately he is missing after the plane crash,” Collins said.

Collins said the other two who are missing are women whose full names he did not know.

Editor’s note: This story has been updated to correct John Loucks’ name.

This story was originally published November 6, 2025 at 7:54 AM.

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Valarie Honeycutt Spears
Lexington Herald-Leader
Staff writer Valarie Honeycutt Spears covers K-12 education, social issues and other topics. She is a Lexington native with southeastern Kentucky roots.  Support my work with a digital subscription
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