It's important to put things into perspective sometimes.. here are two excellent articles, one about
the BA flight 009:
By now, the passengers could see the extent of the problem with their own eyes, however. Betty Tootell says: 'There were huge flames coming out of all four engines. You were plagued by questions: Are we going to burn to death? Are we going to choke to death on the smoke? What's causing it? What are they going to do about it?'
and a lighter one on
following your dreams:
What happened?" My accountant asked last April. He'd been doing my taxes for more than a decade and had seen my annual income rise well into the six figures.
"It looks like you took a . . . "--he worked over his calculator--"98 percent pay cut."
"Yep, that sounds about right."
"How did this happen?"
Carpe diem!