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Old Apr 19, 2018 | 6:01 am
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I guess I am confused about the sequence of events. From the wife of one of the guys who pulled the victim back in:

“Kristen said before the explosion, her husband helped her secure her oxygen mask and held her hand. “

I would have thought that the engine disintegration, shrapnel impact, and decompression would be nearly simultaneous. But here she says the masks came down and apparently at least a few seconds later there was an explosion.
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