"It could have been me" - Claim a spurious link to high profile tragic incidents or disasters

[Barname]

unibrow drama queens - reminded me of

[Fagan_ODowd]

I stayed in the Washington Hilton Hotel where the Trump shooter incident took place last night. There was an attempted assassination of Ronald Reagan there too. I stayed there 4 years ago.

[MogwaiC86]

I was once involved in a school play. It could have been me that had to pretend somebody was trying to kill them.