“He Just Wouldn't Go To The Doctor”: 57 Tragedies People Could Have Avoided If They Were Just On Time

The Piper Alpha disaster might have a couple instances. It was one of the defining events that made oil and gas very safety conscious. Back then the Offshore Installation Managers didn't have the degree of autonomy they have now.

The platform suffered an explosion on board but was originally an oil only platform so wasn't prepared for gas explosions. The explosion effectively destroyed their fire fighting capability but no order to evacuate was ever given. Some individuals decided to leave on their own but far too many were waiting in the accommodation block which were later found when they took it up from the sea.

As a bonus the platform was also a relay for gas on the Tartan and Claymore fields, even after they knew there was an explosion on board they were still exporting gas as they were waiting for permission to shut down from the beach. In effect they were piping fresh gas into a fire. The tartan gas riser ruptured quite dramatically. Now sure given the distances involved the line would still have been under pressure for like 10 hours but yeah it's not great, they did end up shutting down. Shutdown and blow down of those lines didn't start until the claymore riser ruptured like 2 hours after the start of the incident. Think tartan was shut down 10 minutes after the riser but not sure when slowdown started.

A neighbor, he was altw for work and was rushing. He drove out of his driveway and onto the main street where he was hit buy a rushing car.


The other driver didn't survive either, it was at a blind spot and the collision ended their lives. 


If they ahd slowed down or not rush they would be alive. .

Antonio "cyx" Daniloski was a Professional Counter Strike Player for Team mousesports in 2010 and basically one of the best if not the best German player. He was on his way to a tournament and missed his flight at Frankfurt airport. On his way back home from the airport his tire got punctured and he died in the car accident.

The Amagasaki derailment led to over a hundred dead over a one minute delay.

Japan’s railways rely on really precise timing which led the company JR West to be extremely harsh on any driver who went over the leeway of 28 seconds. The driver in the derailment had already endured “dayshift education”, which wasn’t really retraining but more like psychological t*****e with severe verbal a***e. Running late and terrified of being punished again, the driver didn’t realize just how fast he was going and when he did notice, pulled the service brake because there had to be justification for using the emergency brake.

The Wreck of the White Ship is arguably one of the biggest turning points in Medieval history.

Hit a submerged rock in the darkness as they departed late at night and attempted to catch up with the king's ship.

In cave diving some deaths have occurred very close to the surface due to people turning around just a little too late and then running out of air on the way back.

Back in 1963 Montreal, my uncle died in a plane crash shortly after taking off. Back then they didnhave passenger manifests like they do now. Some people were late and some were early to the airport. Families were notified according to the original booking. Some people missed the flight, and some showed up early. It was a s******w.

Recently, a few years ago, a childhood buddy of mine was in Portugal at a youth travel guide convention. He had just turned 30 two weeks prior, so after the convention he went out to celebrate with some travel buddies.

During his last night in Portugal, and before his flight home early that morning, he must’ve got carried away with time when he realized it was much later than he thought so he stopped, hugged his friends, expressed to them how incredibly lucky he felt being there with them and how much he loved them, and began stumbling on back toward his Airbnb.

Buddy booted up Google Maps, hit the “walk” route, and went on his merry way. It’s a short walk from the bar district to where his airbnb was, especially when taking the tracks, so he had plenty of time to get back and catch his flight back home to make it to his sisters birthday dinner.

A fun fact about Portugal is, unlike Canada, the tram system runs *with* traffic, not against it.
Unfortunately, Google Maps doesn’t know that, and neither did my friend. He was hit and k****d from behind by the very first tram scheduled that morning. Didn’t even see it coming.

When you’re a kid, you never truly know how impactful the memories of certain friends are going to be, until you’re at their funeral.

My mum's partner. He was having a lot of health issues, but hated going to the doctor, so he just ignored them. He died of a massive heart attack at home one afternoon a couple months ago. He was probably gone before EMS even arrived.

My mum had to witness the whole thing. They had so many plans for this year, but now she has to figure out how to live without him. She misses him terribly, but she's also absolutely furious with him, because she /knew/ that with his symptoms, there was something major going wrong. He just wouldn't go to the doctor.

My mother neglected her medical issues and ended up in the hospital. On a Friday they said she was ready for discharge but she pleaded for a little more time because she was getting medical care and meals. Basically she didn’t want to leave. They said okay, we will discharge you first thing Monday morning.
At 5am on Monday she developed sepsis from a UTI due to her prolonged use of a catheter and didn’t make it.

My brother died on the way to catch a ferry. They were running late, took a corner too fast and car flipped over an embankment..

My father was having 1 year issues with his feet. His feet was getting swolen and we thought it was something to do with his weight (he was kind of obese). As well as during a period of 5 years previously he had some problems with his prostate.
It was 2020 when his feet started to be be more and more swolen... like constantly and he didn't want to go to the hospital because our hospitals are s**t and it was Covid ( im from North Macedonia)... in December he missed an appointment at a doctor since it was a national holiday and he had some pain in the stomach like a flu thingy... the pain in his stomach started on Wednesday and we got him into a private hospital on Monday... the doctors examined him and told us it's tangled intestines (i google translated this i hope its correct)... nothing serious but the surgery had to be done tomorrow morning. At 3 AM he called my brother and asked for food... he went into a bakery, bought something for him but the doctors didn't allow food since he had to go through a surgery in the morning... at 5AM the situation went worse and at 8AM we got a call that the doctor started operating him... when the opened his stomach all they found was rotten intestine. He actually had Gangrene... developed from years of heavy alcohol drinking and smoking cigarettes, and as science still haven't found any cure for it he passed away at 11 AM Tuesday. The doctor told us if he came a bit earlier he might have said him but i doubt it... i was actually avoiding the bakery my brother bought food from for 2 whole years. I've overcome the feeling of grief but sometimes i just sit and think what would have my life been if he was alive.
He was a good father but he drank a lot of alcohol and smoked a lot of cigarettes which at the end was his end unfortunately. I haven't drank alcohol for a lot of months and in these 6 years I've been avoiding it completely maybe i would grab a drink in a couple of months as it's poison.
I hope someone will read this... stay away from toxicity in your life.

A man's neighbors died in a California fire because they were putting on make up before evacuating.

Surprised I haven't read the Uberlingen mid air collision, a lot of kids missed their first flight and tragedy struck.

JFK, Jr. Supposedly, he and his wife were running late to the airport due to traffic.

Someone missed an earlier safe option, took the later one, and that’s the one that went wrong. Like people who missed an earlier flight and ended up on a doomed one, or showed up late to an evacuation and got caught in the disaster. Timing cuts both ways.

Saw a video of this guy in a wheelchair who missed the elevator, so he angrily slammed his chair in the closed door several times, which soon gave way and the guy fell in the shaft and died. 


Or, if not died, he at least injured himself so bad that he never walked again... oh, wait.