Scalpel: “I’m sure a lawsuit will be brought against American Airlines in this case, but the sad truth is that if you have a cardiac arrest when you’re 30,000 feet over the ocean, then you are likely going to die whether the oxygen tanks are working or not.”

Panda: “No doubt the family of the lady are going to sue the airline. And they’ll probably win because in our death-averse society, there is no place under Heaven were we expect to be at the mercy of nature, not as long as there is someone around with a uniform and deep pockets. Someone has to pay? Don’t they? John Ritter taught us that. Even a major aortic dissection, a killer so fearsome that even when discovered there is often nothing to be done but hope the sucker doesn’t dissect over something vital before the patient can be rushed into the operating room for a highly dangerous, do-or-die, vascular procedure that is usually too late anyways, even a major act of nature like that has got to be blamed on someone.”