On the night before a UPS cargo plane tore through the sky over Louisville, Ky., raining fire and devastation and killing 14 people, Capt. Dana Diamond was at home in Caldwell, Texas, planting flowers with his wife, Donna. They hoped the new blooms would draw more butterflies to their 132-acre ranch.
“We did good. We’ve made a beautiful home,” Dana, 62, told Donna before leaving for work. He was scheduled to serve as the international relief officer on a McDonnell Douglas MD-11 headed to Hawaii on Tuesday, Nov. 4.
“We’ve got so much more to do,” he added…