I've heard afew stories like this one including one of a cat trying to let the family know of a fire and ended up passing away =( {More sad for the defenseless animal to die than the family}
My ex boyfriends cat saved me from being raped when some guy was in my apartment. It kept putting it's foot on my face when I was asleep and woke me up so I was alerted to the fact that a guy was standing in my room and could bash him.