Of humor and tragedy

Allen Klein enlightens us up with his stories of humor in tragic circumstances:

"Even while fleeing from the attack on the World Trade Center, a small bit of humor helped some people triumph over tragedy.

"A group of office workers, who were running down flight after flight of steps, didn't know if they had the strength to make it to the bottom. They stopped at the eleventh floor and couldn't go on. Then one woman suggested that they pretend it was New Year's Eve. En masse they began a countdown with each flight of stairs and shouted out '. . .10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1.'

"Encouraged by this bit of levity, they all made it to the street and to safety."