Following the crash of commuter aircraft Comair Flight 5191 , the Bluegrass Area Chapter and ARC Critical Response Team ( CRT ) members were dispatched . This was the worst air disaster in the United States since American Airlines Flight 587 . Family and Friends reception centers were established near the arrival and departure airports and in Cincinnati , site of the Comair headquarters . Local chapters in Georgia , Alabama , Kentucky and California provided health and mental health services to family and friends not present in Lexington . Volunteers also staffed the local Emergency Operations Center ( EOC ) in Lexington , Kentucky
Comair Flight 5191
Comair Flight 5191
American Red Cross