@Darkdarling00 Listverse has some stories of lottery winners being taken advantage of by friends and family. Some are even killed by those said family.
@NavalInstitute I remember reading about this in a book titled "Pig Boats", about the US Submarines in WW2. IIRC the pilot was also injured in the hand but still clung on to the periscope.
I wish there was a reprint of that book. Fun read.