"I wish it need not have happened in my time" said Frodo.
"So do I," said Gandalf, "and so do all who live to see such times. But that is not for them to decide. All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given us."
What if the others were terminated by nuclear war?
According to modern sensibilities that would make us incredibly unlucky.
This only seems plausible if your subscribe to Anthroponuclear Multiple Worlds Theory