When a UPS plane burst into flames shortly after takeoff at a Louisville, Kentucky, airport Tuesday, it left at least 13 people dead and families across the nation mourning.

Lee Truitt, one of three pilots onboard, was an Albuquerque native and University of New Mexico graduate, earning a bachelor's degree in 2006 in Spanish language and literature.

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