LOUISVILLE, Ky. (LEX 18) — A Louisville family is recovering after finding themselves directly underneath Tuesday night's catastrophic UPS plane crash and explosion near Muhammad Ali International Airport. While they sustained scrapes, cuts, and minor burns, the Ballenger family says they are grateful to be alive and together.

Mary Ballenger was waiting with her children and grandchildren in the family minivan for her husband Terry to finish his shift at Embry's Auto Parts on Grade Lane when disaster struck.

"Next thing we know, we look up and the UPS plane is coming directly at us," Mary Ballenger said.

The family was positioned right behind a blue building near the airport when they heard the first explosion.

"We hear a boom, the plane starts coming lower, I grab my kids, we're in th

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