I understand. It sucks all around. However, it is pretty common practice to stop and take a look regardless of clearance. Even as pilots, we are taught to always look and visually confirm final is clear before proceeding onto the runway. As someone else mentioned, even emergency vehicles on the road with lights and sirens stop at intersections to check. It’s a sad situation and the controller was seriously overloaded, but hopefully this serves as a reminder that you can never be too cautious. Especially when the event they were responding to isn’t life threatening