How big was that survival chance?
I lost my prime sniper, only to see him at 1% health in the soldier advancement tab. I was so happy!
(I had spotted what I thought was the last alien, and flanked him with the sniper. The rest was on the opposite side. So I just walk him in to knock off the alien, just to find that there's another one right next to it. So I figure, I have to shoot that one, because the others have a shot at the intended target. Got killed by reaction fire. >.<)