Just goes to show ya. You never know how or when it's gonna happen. Like the health nut jogger that gets hit by a bus or the PETAtard that is eaten by a shark. God has a plan, and it will be followed to the letter.
One thing that keeps coming to mind is an interview I saw with Scott on the X-15. He was strapped in during a ground engine test when the plane suddenly exploded. Scott said it felt like he was kicked in the back by a mule, infact he had been hit by over 50 g's. The cockpit was blown forward of the fuselage about 30 feet, but remained sealed and intact, Scott was perfectly safe from the inferno due to the X-15's heat resistant construction.
He tried to tell them he was ok and to concentrate on putting the fire out, but the landline was torn away and no radios were active. Emergency crews immediately tried to pry him out with the fire blazing all around. With all the firehoses pointed at the cockpit, when they popped the canopy it soaked him down pretty good, and he was injured more from the rescue than the explosion. He suffered some scrapes an bruises and tore one leg of his flightsuit when they yanked him out.
When he finally was interviewed by on scene reporters, he told them 'I'm fine; just spoiled the crease in my pants'. The headline the next day was "X-15 explodes, Pilot wets pants".
Scott
