Sarah Bajc has a bag packed , ready to join her partner of two years , a passenger on Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 , wherever he is . She has included an outfit for him . `` Because he would n't want to wear his dirty old stuff anymore , '' she said of Phil Wood , a 51-year-old IBM executive . `` And he probably would n't want to wear a hospital gown , if that 's the case . So it 's all ready . '' She is the first to admit that some of her friends say she is in denial about his fate , but Bajc is on a desperate search to find the man she calls her soul mate . She believes he is still alive and being held hostage somewhere . `` This is a planned activity . Somebody wants to do something and make a message out of it , '' she said . Bajc , 48 , said her logic tells her that there are hostages and it would serve no good for the captors to kill the passengers . The hijackers would look callous and brutal , and they would n't have as much bargaining power , she believes . `` I have to believe the hostages are valuable to them , '' she said . If there was a hijacking or other emergency , Wood would have been one of the passengers who steadied the ship . `` He 's very level-headed , '' she said . `` And I think he is the kind of person who would help to calm a really chaotic situation . '' She said she 's not ready to take the path at the fork in the road that leads to bad news , but she has prepared . `` Because no matter what , I still have to go forward , and no matter what , his family still has to go forward , '' she said , standing among moving boxes . She and Wood were about to move from Beijing to Kuala Lumpur and were going to get married this year . They met in 2011 at a bar in Beijing called Nashville . They soon moved in together , along with her teenage son . Wood and Bajc have new jobs in Kuala Lumpur ( she will work at a school there ) , and the movers showed up the day the plane disappeared . She had to send them away . The news said the plane was missing . Her stomach crashed . Then she just did n't believe it . The 10 days since have been surreal , she said . Wood was one of three Americans on the plane , which went missing on March 8 . Bajc started a Facebook page and a Twitter account called `` Finding Philip Wood '' to gather and share information about the flight . Some people are sending comforting thoughts -- `` I so believe in my heart they are at out there ! ! Praying for all and safe return home ! ! ! ! '' writes Debbie Walton Vaughan . Others are sharing theories and news reports . In one post , Bajc writes : `` Facebook and Twitter are resources . Perhaps there are other useful platforms as well . If we keep sharing this , you never know who will see it and be able to answer some questions . '' She told CNN that people ask her what Wood is like , and she said if you were in his presence , you 'd see him as a good , generous and thoughtful man who loves his family and friends . He made her feel a way that `` I did n't believe was possible to feel , '' she said . And she feels him still . `` I genuinely feel his presence , '' she said . `` I do n't believe he has left us yet . ''
Sarah Bajc says she still feels Philip Wood 's presence . She writes on Facebook : You never know who might see a post and offer help . She says she thinks her partner is a hostage and is more valuable alive . Wood would remain calm , help ease tensions , she says .