CPI or CPA is closest point of impact or approach. If an RA was issued then the CPA was less than the previous mentioned "seconds from disaster". What I'm saying is that the media has a tendency to hype up events regarding aviation and that a "close to collision" isn't really as close as one would think. I've had several TA's and RA's myself, and looking at it objectivly there is really no reason for panic. Of course you follow the RA as it comes. But to blow up an RA in the media as a close to collision event is to overdramatize it all, especially if we're talking 40 seconds away. I could finish my lunch in that time
