An engine failure just before V1 is not exactly "just another day in the office" but no more than the crew should be prepared to deal with on any particular day in the office.
Why don't I see "Shock Horror Sensation, Disaster averted as 52 seat coach has engine failure on M25" ??
Because for some mysterious reason the world expects disasters to befall aviation and then revels in them when they do.
Even when it takes a long stretch of the imagination to even get the mundane to the "could have".
