The beauty of teaching in the sim is that one meets all walks of life. [And the experiences they recall].
I have briefed (or should I say been briefed by) several crews over my years who have experienced TRF in the hover and/or in the cruise.
The hover left the 2 crews I dealt with - with a very easy dilemma: dump the lever and accept ones fate and trash the cab (which in their cases was that the crews survived) or pull for height - prolong the agony and die a violent death.
The cruise is more easily survivable because of the torque setting at which it happens - giving time to discuss matters.
ANY TRF at a high torque setting will lead to rotational disorientation either immediately or when the power is reduced. This causes complete loss of SA leading to loss of control of the aircraft invariably. Not to mention gravitational effects preventing the pilot [not handling] from reaching the throttles in one case!