Widow maker..who runs one?

60 Chevy, long hill down to Water st, one of the main sts in town. I hit the brakes and felt a wet feeling on my ankles. I lost the master cyl...I got on the emergency brake and stopped nose first into the intersection, right in front of all the guys at the ESSO station!! **** HAPPENS!!
OK, that's bad...but not THAT bad. Still, that would have taken out a dual resevoir master cylinder as well. I know stuff happens, I snapped a clutch pedal at speed once.