BIRMINGHAM, Alabama – Luke Bresette will be honored by a foundation bearing his name, and, soon, through a memorial at the Birmingham-Shuttlesworth International Airport.

Luke's family is weighing two options for a memorial that would be installed adjacent to where Luke was killed last March when a flight information display collapsed, said Gaynell Hendricks, board chairman of the Birmingham Airport Authority.

Luke's father, Ryan Bresette, said the family was happy to see that the planned memorial would be a celebration of Luke's life instead of a remembrance of a tragic event.

"We're excited that Luke's memory is going to be forever preserved at the airport," he said. "We're honored that the city of Birmingham would pay tribute to him and our family in that way."

The Bresettes will choose between their own suggestion and a proposal offered by an art consultant. The memorial will either be a statue or an art piece inset into the wall, Hendricks said.

Once a decision is made, the board hopes to start work immediately to install the memorial.

"It was something that we thought about as a board and art committee early on, and then I heard Mrs. Bresette also was interested in having a memorial," Hendricks said.

Hendricks and airport authority President and CEO Al Denson were invited to join the Bresettes for lunch Wednesday. The family paid a daylong visit to Birmingham to attend a hearing in the wrongful death lawsuit filed against contractors and to hold a press conference announcing a settlement in the case.

Attorneys agreed that the terms and amount of the settlement will remain confidential to protect the family's privacy.

Members of the Birmingham Airport Authority board were happy to see a resolution in the case, Hendricks said.

"We're happy for the family that this was a form of closure for them," she said.