Shit like this happens every day. It's just not newsworthy enough.
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Machinists like to say if you leave the key in the lathe chuck, it can fly out and give you summer teeth. Some're here, some're way over there, and some're nowhere to be found.
I wish they could live forever, to be honest. I'll never forget how much I needed help and I got it in the form of a cat. That's something very special. That's the downside of companion animals... we have to outlive them.