FDR: We should have been better prepared at Pearl Harbor
Dooley: I should have studied harder
Custer: I didn't want to go to the Big Horn
Titanic Captain Smith: I wish we had taken another course
Tiger Woods: I wish I hadn't taken Viagra
Lockeed Martin Engineers: I wish we had used the metric system
Edsel Ford: I wish I had been named Mustang
Exxon-Valdes Captain: I wish we had not taken that shortcut
Abe Lincoln: I wish I had not gone to the theatre
Janet Jackson: I wish I had used another dress maker
Harry Frazee: I wish I hadn't sold Babe Ruth
NBC: I wish we had stayed with the Jets Raiders game
Chris Webber: I wish I had not called that timeout
JFK: I wish I hadn't gone to Dallas
A hunter starts the biggest fire in California history
"I wish I had not lit that flare"
In the fall of 2003, a lost hunter lit a signal flare near the San Diego County Estates. The fire spread and became the largest fire in California's history. The fire destroyed close to 300,000 acres, 2,322 homes, and killed 14 people.
Safety inspectors forget to replace a valve at the Piper Bravo Oil Rig
"We should have replaced that other valve"
"We should have replaced that other valve"
In May of 1994, oil workers were evacuated from the Piper Bravo Oil Rig after an explosion. The explosion killed 167 of the 226 men working. During a routine check, inspectors removed and replaced all safety valves, except for one, which was never put back. Unaware that the safety valve was missing, a worker pushed the start button, and gas began to leak out.
