f she hadn\u2019t tried to remove the ring, he would have been assumed dead, and the next day his body would have been laid out on the pathologist\u2019s table.<\/p>\n
Seconds felt like an eternity. Anna realized: her habit of stealing had just saved a man\u2019s life. She ran to get help, calling the doctor.<\/p>\n
Later it was discovered that the man had suffered a rare episode \u2014 a deep lethargic sleep. His heart had slowed to the extreme, his breathing was almost imperceptible, and even an experienced doctor had thought he was dead.<\/p>\n
But thanks to Anna, thanks to her criminal but fateful act, the man survived.<\/p>\n
And only she knew that the reason for this miraculous rescue was not her conscientiousness, but her greed.<\/p>\n