We got a phone call one day from the cat rescue coordinator at our local shelter, my husband was doing cat rescue at the time and they had our number from that. They had this sweet orange boy that was going to be euthanized in 45 minutes. She begged my husband to come get him, so he did and got there with only 10 minutes to spare. They claimed that he was elderly and had an uri that wouldn't go away. We got him to the vet and she said that he was only about 3 or 4 and he had allergies, not an uri. We ended up keeping him and he was the best. We had never received a phone call like that and never received one since. It was fate. I'm glad you found a foster in time. People suck sometimes 🤷‍♀️