Fate Saves Paul Twaragowski from Flight 3407

How many of you have seen the movie Final Destination? Friends are supposed to board a plan together, but after one of them has a premonition and freaks out they get tossed. They missed the plane, which crashes. Now fast-forward to Continental flight 3407, and consider how Paul Twaragowski feels.

Who is Paul Twaragowski? He's the lucky passenger who missed the flight, though he did not feel lucky at the time. His flight from New Orleans, LA, to Newark, NJ was delayed, so he missed his connection with the doomed flight.

But late as he was, and with his cell phone obviously having no signal on his flight, when he arrived in NJ 23-year-old Paul Twaragowski he was surprised at all the missed phone calls and text messages on his phone.

Once he managed to call a friend back, he realized why. Because everyone thought that Paul Twaragowski was dead, a victim of flight 3407.

Paul Twaragowski told ABC News:

"I am a complete believer in fate, so I am lookin' at it in a positive view, because I am a positive person. I believe for whatever reason, my name was on that ticket and that ticket number, 3407, was on that boarding pass, but for whatever reason, I wasn't meant to be on there. And I am just thankful and happy to be here.

"I just wanted to say again my deepest sympathies and sorry for those involved in the tragedy, especially the family of those that were victims of the plane and everyone involved."

In the movie, those who missed the plane were picked off one at a time. They were, in fact, supposed to die on that flight. That being a movie and this being reality, that won't happen to Paul Twaragowski. Luck, and an all-too-familiar airline delay, has spared him.