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Teacher recounts shocking moment he found door plug from Alaska Airlines flight
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1:20Now PlayingThe Portland science teacher who found the door plug that flew off an Alaska Airlines plane has spoken out about his crucial discovery – and even explained the physics behind the object’s 16,000-foot plunge.
Bob Sauer, 64, who teaches at the private Catlin Gabel School, was previously identified only by his first name after he located the door plug from the ill-fated Boeing 737 MAX 9 two days after the Friday blowout.
The physics teacher decided to grab a flashlight and search his yard Sunday night after his ex-wife called to let him know that authorities believed the door might have landed in the area, The Oregonian reported.
“It still didn’t seem very likely to me,” Sauer told NBC News on Monday evening.
He pointed his light on some trees he and his kids had planted about 20 years ago in the West Haven-Sylvan neighborhood and noticed a white object that he quickly realized was the “missing piece from the plane.”
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