Most of them are made up. There are many stories about JW's in WW2 that are just plain Myth. There are also many modern day JW urban legends. The funny thing is they talk about other people as being superstitous and having to be careful not to believe in the knock on wood types of things but they are 10x worse. As for this particular story, I would say this may have happened but the order in which it is presented is contrived. I bet they would call it creative liscense. When I was a JW I did many dishonest things that I "reasoned" away. I feel shitty now and yes I'm glad I'm not a JW anymore either Bona Dea.
gsx1138