Mona Is Attending a Dance in a Hotel Ballroom

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Mona is attending a dance in a hotel ballroom.Because of an engineering mistake,the ceiling of the ballroom collapses,killing and injuring many of the patrons.Mona is unconscious and partially pinned under tons of rubble.She has also suffered various internal injuries.Unless Mona can be transported to the hospital for surgery,she will die.Responding medical personnel determine that the quickest way to free Mona is to sever her pinned arm.Without Mona's consent,a doctor amputates the arm.She is transported to the hospital where her life is saved.The doctor is unlikely to be prosecuted for aggravated assault in the severing of Mona's arm due to the justification defense of ________.