The manager of an auto repair shop near Muhammad Ali International Airport says he's lucky to be alive after a UPS plane crashed in a fiery explosion just feet from his business Tuesday evening.

Sabit Aliyve was finishing his work day at Kentucky Truck Parts & Service, waiting for one more customer to pick up their truck, when the unthinkable happened. An MD-11F UPS plane crashed just feet away from the shop's front entrance on Knopp Avenue.

"I thought it was like, we're in a war or something. Or somebody dropped a bomb or something like that. It knocked me off my feet so you can imagine how strong it was," Aliyve said.

The shop had only been open for a month when the crash occurred. Surveillance video from the property captured just how close the plane came to the building.

"I fell do

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