He, his supervisor Dave and a co-worker were supposed to be on Continental Connection Flight 3407 from Newark, N.J. to Buffalo, but their connecting flight from New Orleans to Newark got delayed, and the ill fated Flight 3407 had already departed.

Twaragowski spent the rest of the night at the airport with his fellow travelers, pieced things together, and realized the plane that had gone down was the one he would have been on.

Paul Twaragowski is lucky, and grateful to be alive. At the same time he’s still in shock, and heartbroken for the families of the victims.