A crash can still destroy a driver's nerve, but the days are past when it was usual for several top-class drivers to be killed during a racing season.
It was 15 months before Mr. Tsarnaev would be killed during a wild, bloody standoff with the police, who believe he planted deadly bombs near the finish line of the Boston Marathon.
The last driver to be killed during a race, Ayrton Senna's death at the San Marino Grand Prix on 1 May 1994 made front pages around the world, and ushered in a new era of heightened safety for F1.
Did Blair not consider the thousands that were sure to be killed during a ground invasion?
Fox hunting might be more of a well-known pastime, but it's arguably less socially acceptable because humans tend to have a higher regard for foxes than rats, even though foxes aren't supposed to be killed during a fox hunt.
Once on board the space station, Luke and Han rescue Leia while Obi-Wan allows himself to be killed during a lightsaber duel with Vader; his sacrifice allows the group to escape with the plans that help the Rebels destroy the Death Star.
