It's amazing that nobody perished on this flight a couple of weeks ago. Seeing this picture reminds me why I always count the number of seat rows to the nearest exit and why I always wear sturdy shoes and natural fibers when I fly. Any other safety tips out there?

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Workers move the wreckage of Continental Airlines flight 1404 to a site outside a Continental hangar at Denver International Airport in Denver on Saturday, Jan. 3, 2009 from the ravine where it crash landed on Saturday, Dec. 20, 2008.