Cracked the back two glass panels on my iPhone 5?

Yesterday I had an unfortunate accident and dropped my iPhone 5 on the pavement scuffing up the edges on the back and cracking the two glass panels on the top and bottom of the back. I was about to get AppleCare+ (which gives you two accidental damage replacements) but obviously I got really unlucky. So would it be a waste of time to go into the Apple Store and see if they'll be sympathetic enough to replace my iPhone without charging me the $230 Out-of-Warranty charge?

No hurt in trying, say you've been a loyal customer. They really like loyal customers because if there weren't no one would buy their only okay phones. So really push how loyal you are to apple, if they don't help you out I'd be almost shocked.