Shoot, when Delta 191 went down in Dallas in 1985 due to a microburst, reports were that some people were pulling to the side of the highway to steal luggage as people were dying in the burning wreckage.
That is exceedingly messed up.
I was at the DFW airport that day and saw the smoke from the crash. THAT was some storm - blew a 737 parked at a gate next to ours a bit sideways due to wind pressure on the VS.
I kinda doubt the story about stealing luggage based on where the plane went down. IIRC it impacted just short of the threshold and there is no public thoroughfare there- just a nearby airport access road.
That event is what prompted us to get call waiting. My wife was on the phone talking to her sister for over an hour while I was trying to call her to let her know that was not my plane - we had already landed.
But that happened long enough ago to mis-remember ;-)