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* There are examples and anecdotes from all over the world in everything from the aftermath of disasters to wars to hunting accidents. So this trope is very much [[Truth in Television]].
* After the San Francisco Earthquake in 1906, a lot of wooden frame buildings had collapsed with people inside, and many [[Kill It with Fire|caught fire]] due to either broken gas mains, upturned stoves or furnaces, or some combination of the two. Many of the people trapped were pinned under debris, but the admittedly few first responders often didn't have the strength to drag them out before said fire could kill them. There are stories of people begging to be shot if they couldn't be freed.
* In the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina, Memorial Hospital in New Orleans was surrounded by ten feet of water and did not have enough supplies to maintain their patients. Four of them were killed by hospital personnel and the District Attorney [https://web.archive.org/web/20121029002454/http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2006/09/21/60minutes/main2030603.shtml charged them with murder.] Charges against the four were dropped by a grand jury.
* Standard practice for terminally-ill pets.
** Also for many large animals, especially horses, with broken or badly injured legs. A horse with a broken leg, even if given the best care known to veterinary medicine, is almost always better off euthanized.
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