Hashgacha Pratis

A typical hashgach pratis goes something like this:

Mr. A. had a broken leg and was thoroughly upset about it. It hurt him, it made getting anywhere a huge hassle, and there were large expenses not covered by insurance. (Depending on the story, perhaps he starts questioning his emunah or perhaps he complains loudly about it, or we just skip to the punchline.)

One day, because of his broken foot, getting to work takes much longer than usual and he’s sweating buckets and very upset because he’s supposed to meet an important client. He finally arrives at his office, which is located on the hundredth floor of the World Trade Center, and that day was 9/11/01, and he sees everyone running, and fire trucks zooming, and pulls someone over to the side and asks, “What’s going on?”

“Didn’t you hear?” the person replies, barely breaking stride. “A plane crashed into the Tower and it’s falling down.”

And as Mr. A. runs away, he realizes what a b’racha his broken foot really is, because had he been at work on time…

So you heard that story a hundred times already. This one happens to be fictitious, but you know of a thousand others which really happened.

Now here’s what I don’t understand. Mr. A. was plagued by the question of “Why does Hashem do this to me??!!” And the answer seems to be “to save him from death.”

Now, believing that Hashem is kol yochol and able to save Mr. A. in many ways other than breaking his foot, how was Mr. A.’s question answered?