If I’m not mistaken, the story about Dovid Hamelech that you are referring to is in .??? ?? ?. The way Dovid Hamelech did a mitzvah was quite different then the way most of us do. As Randomex pointed out, in that case it was Torah, not Tefillah that was saving Dovid. There are several reasons why one might die even while doing a mitzva. We assume not but in some cases the person may not be doing the mitzvah improperly (improper tfillin placement) or something of that nature. We do not assume this was the case here. I believe it was R’ Moshe, but I may be mistaken, who said that with animals like these (terrorist) the rule of Shluchei Mitzva doesn’t apply.
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