MONTGOMERY, Ala. — A woman and two of her sons were improving Sunday after being seriously injured when a flight information billboard fell on them at an airport.
A third son was killed Friday when the electronic board, weighing at least 300 pounds, fell from a wall at the Birmingham-Shuttlesworth International Airport.
The boys’ mother, Heather Bresette, had broken ankles and a crushed pelvis. She has had surgeries but was still in intensive care and unconscious, said University Hospital spokeswoman Nicole Wyatt. “She does not know that her baby is dead,” said the family’s priest, the Rev. Don Farnan.
The Bresettes, a family of seven, took a weeklong vacation to Destin, Fla., and were about to fly home to Overland Park, Kan., when the arrival-departure sign fell.
Luke Bresette, 10, was killed. His brother, 5-year-old Tyler, suffered a concussion. His 8-year-old brother, Sam, had a broken leg and nose.
Officials were investigating how the sign fell at the newly renovated airport and took down an identical billboard Saturday.
