Well maintained, modern helicopters are generally pretty safe. I get that they stay aloft by beating the air into submission. You can land most helicopters even with an engine failure though. You should check out auto rotation. It’s wild, but you can make a pretty reasonable landing as long as there is some space to put it down.
Totally fair. Glide certainly gives more options, and much more time to assess the situation. Plus helicopters don’t really fill a transportation niche that most people need anyway. Fixed wing is dramatically more practical in the vast majority of scenarios.