BY KYM LIEBLER,
TANYA BRICKING
and TERRY FLYNN
The Cincinnati Enquirer

Dexter Adams (L) | ZOOM |

Family and friends wrestled Thursday with the aftermath of the crash of Flight 3272. A tragic picture quickly emerged of victims who lost their lives in a snowy field in southern Michigan.

One was going to attend the funeral of a brother who died in a plane crash, another had spoken to her parents earlier that day, while another was on a routine business trip.

Dexter Adams, 41, senior purchasing manager at P&G, was on a recruiting trip to the University of Michigan. He was a West Point graduate who had been a combat-ready ready helicopter pilot in the U.S. Army.

''You would think a routine civilian flight would not be any risk compared to what he had been doing,'' said Lawrence Hawkins, a co-worker.

Mr. Hawkins was one of several family and co-workers who descended Thursday night on Mr. Adams' Paddock Hills home, where a Frosty the Snowman flag flew outside as a last remnant of the holidays.

Mr. Adams' wife, Angela, held their 6-month-old son, Dexter Curtis Adams Jr., as visitors called on her offering condolences. Their other child, 8-year-old Ayrenne, was in bed unaware of what happened to her father.

''He had almost a million frequent flyer miles,'' Mrs. Adams said.

Mr. Adams, nicknamed ''DC,'' for his first two names, was a United States Tennis Association official who worked the Thriftway ATP tournament in August.

''He was a dynamic, high-energy person who lived life to the fullest. He was a great boss, he loved playing tennis,'' Mr. Hawkins said.

The last time Mr. Hawkins saw his friend, he was teaching him and Ayrenne karate.

Darinda Ogden | ZOOM |

Darinda Ogden was a flight attendant. The only child of James and Ruth Ogden, she grew up in Fort Thomas and attended Highlands High School and the University of Louisville. Shortly after graduation in December 1992 she went to work for Comair.

''We were scared when we heard of the crash. We talked to her about 2 p.m. and knew she was scheduled to go back out,'' said her father.

''Comair called and told us she had been a crew member. We were virtually sure there were no survivors from what we had learned watching television.''

She and her husband of four years, Richard Nilsen, lived in Lexington, but she commuted to Erlanger and would often stay with her family between flights, Mr. Ogden said.

''We talked to Richard,'' Mrs. Ogden said. ''His voice was so low, we knew he was feeling so much pain, just as we are.''

Maureen Demarco | ZOOM |

One of the victims had been on the way to her brother's funeral. Maureen DeMarco, 37, was a teacher at St. Mary's Academy in Englewood, a Denver suburb. She was flying to Detroit for the funeral of her brother, Brian Scully, who was one of six people killed in the crash of Airborne Express cargo jet that crashed in the mountains of Virginia during a test flight on Dec. 22.

Mrs. DeMarco is the wife of Tony DeMarco, baseball writer for the Denver Post.

Reporters William Weathers and Geoff Hobson contributed to this report.

CRASH
PLANE
SERVICE RECORD
WEATHER
COMAIR
CRASH SITE
AIRPORT
INVESTIGATION

Victims

First Officer
Kenneth Reece

Flight Attendant
Darinda Ogden

PASSENGERS
Adams, Dexter
Cincinnati

Barrow, Gregory
Detroit

Bransford, Roger
Atlana

Brice, Arthur
Jackson, Miss.

Brownlee, Christine
Helena, Mont.

Brownlee, Scott
Helena, Mont.

Davis, Geoffrey
Detroit.

Demarco, Maureen
Denver.

Douchard, Greg
Summit, Miss.

Felteau, Leo
Atlanta

Herman, Mark
Detroit

Jones, Betty Jean
Detroit

Jones, Charles
Macomb, Miss.

McClain, Steven
Detroit.

Muskovitz, Teri
Detroit.

Passariello, Kim
Detroit

Raymond, Roy
Twin Falls, Id.

Raymond, Vernamarie
Twin Falls, Id.

Rosiak, Jennifer
Pensacola, Fla.

Rosiak, Nicholas
Pensacola, Fla.

Sharangpani, Arati
Colts Neck, N.J.

Stearn, Richard
Detroit

Takenami, Keita
Colts Neck, N.J.

Thomas, A. Douglas
Detroit.

Wansedel, Charles
Detroit

Zagar, Darlene
Danville, Ky.