As reported earlier this year, an Oregon man was saving a choking cat by pulling a mouse out of its throat.  His reward?  The cat bit him, and gave him the Bubonic Plague AKA Black Death.  He was hospitalized, put in intensive care, and was on the verge of death.  His family braced for the worst.  Somehow he managed to pull out of the tailspin and survive, but lost his toes and fingers.   He may have gotten Black Death, but he deftly dodges Real Death.

All because of a freak accident while being a good Samaritan.