they could be gunned down by a co-worker ; have their skulls shattered with a concrete block by strangers just for crossing the street in front of them ; or they could be swallowed up by sink holes from collapsing sewers ; be hit by a tour bus and dragged to death in the crowded theater district ; crushed by a falling construction crane ; find bleach in water bottles and clorox in ice cubes ; have manhole covers explode in their faces ; crash in a helicopter ; be a victim in a fast food restaurant massacre ; get burned by an erupting steam pipe ; have chemicals thrown in their eyes ; die unnecessarily in a world class hospital ; get terminally ill in a dirty diner ; be in the way of a careening fire truck ; drop at 18miles an hour in a skyscraper elevator ; find themselves hurled into the air by a bike messenger ; be on a bus when the driver has a heart attack ; get caught in a gang hit ; or be in a coffee shop when a disgruntled cook runs through swinging a meat cleaver .