I've played IL-2 a bit... felt the frustration and helplessness as a wing's torn off, the roll starts, and I get to watch the ground come up. Too low to bail, too high to expect to survive.
Then to watch the end of United 93 movie, and see the same thing... knowing those folks didn't get to simply hit "ESC" and "Restart".
And the wife wants to know why I'm bawling in the theater