Oh my! There is an emergency ahead of me and I'm out of fuel. Enter a holding pattern ?
Hell no !
Land in front of them and get rear ended ? Save lives perhaps.
Land behind them and rear end them ? Save lives perhaps.
Land parallel in the grass? Save lives perhaps.
But run out of fuel ?
You declare an emergency and all the rules are off! You don't go into a holding pattern and use up your lifeblood.