1. Man falls down on her sidewalk and breaks his leg. She (and her kids and a puppy) take him to the ER.
2. While at the ER, puppy gets loose, boy chases and falls down hole at construction site, breaking his arm.
3. Sister finds him, but looses her coat, suffers from exposure.
4. She’d illegally parked her car, it gets towed.
5. Security man takes them all home in his car, it breaks down.
6. While waiting for help, they’re robbed at gunpoint.
7. Help arrives, goes to tow broken-down car, it breaks free, rolls onto a frozen pond…and sinks.
8. Hunkered down at the police station for the night, puppy pulls Christmas tree down, starts fire. Everyone has to go back to the ER for treatment.