Sadit Aliyev and a coworker were settling in just after 5 p.m. at Kentucky Truck Parts & Service to have a bite to eat when the explosion happened.

It was Nov. 4, and a UPS plane that had taken off minutes earlier from Louisville Muhammad Ali International Airport had fallen back to the ground, bursting into flames in a busy industrial park in the South End. Authorities have said at least nine people were killed , and for a moment, Aliyev, who owns the automotive store, thought he might be among them.

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