Welcome to the forum!
Have to agree with Whirlygig, Its understandable that your family may have had that reaction, its been a bad few days for aviation in general and the death of a high profile personality like Colin McRae in a crash also unsettles the general public when it comes to helicopters, but your family and friends may change their minds after a while, when they have had time to think about it rationally and reflect.
After all, as Whirls points out, look how many fatal road accidents there are every day compared to helicopter ones, yet do you know of anyone who refuses to get in a car and go to work or drive on the motorway the next day?
Stick with it, if we sat and thought about all the possible accidents that could happen us, we would end up in a padded room and never go out!
Good luck with the rest of your training..
BC