My mother-in-law
lived in the east end of London back in the 40s. The building she was in was hit by a bomb and promptly collapsed. She managed to duck to one side but was knocked to her feet by a falling timber which trapped her leg and she was pinned in. However, her friend was not so lucky and took the full weight of the timber which crushed her and promptly killed her.

My MiL had to lay there, trapped by a joist for a good 2 hours beside her dead friend whose arm and a leg protruding from the wreckage.
( sandettie light vessel automatic New Twitter - @bollocksreally, Fri 20 Aug 2010, 12:58, Reply)