Are we losing touch with reality?

Man wearing head phones walks into the side of a moving train in Jersey City:

http://www.philly.com/philly/hp/news_update/20120107_ap_manaccidentallywalksintosideofmovingtrain.html

Image: savit keawtavee / FreeDigitalPhotos.net

A month ago a beautiful young woman walked into a spinning airplane propeller:

http://www.chron.com/news/houston-texas/article/Editor-walks-into-plane-propeller-2345343.php