LOUISVILLE, Ky. —

Fred Willard said it was an average Tuesday sitting at Stooges Bar and Grill on Grade Lane until he came within 100 yards of being hit by a plane.

"We sit down, and the next thing I know, the whole bar top starts to shake, then we felt this rattling in the floor. Then we see this fireball come flying by, and then this intense heat hit us, and it was this instant. And next thing I know, people are screaming," Willard said. "It sounds like mini bombs going off all outside. Mini explosions, one after another. And everybody started running and evacuated the building."

Willard said he took some videos, then got in his car and left.

"Everybody at work has been asking questions, saying how lucky you are. I've heard a thousand times," Willard said. "They ask me if I went and

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