An iPhone 5c saved the life of a 25-year-old gunshot victim, according to British police (via Business Insider). The victim, who has not been named, was shot at close range with a shotgun and suffered serious abdominal injuries, but survived thanks to the iPhone 5c in his pocket taking the main force.
Detective Inspector Gary McIntyre from Cheshire Police said: “Fortunately, the victim’s mobile phone took the brunt of the shot and, as a result of this, he survived. This is remarkable – had that phone not been in his pocket at that time he would undoubtedly have died.”
The shooting happened when the victim approached a group of teenagers who had shut off the water supply to the apartment block in which he lived. The person who fired the shot, 19-year-old Ryan Duggan, was yesterday found guilty of attempted murder and is due to be sentenced in July.
A US soldier last year credited his iPhone with saving his life after a bomb was detonated by a suicide bomber, telling us that it prevented a severed artery.
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“Unapologetically bullet-proof”
But will it blend?
Blend, as in blender? Or bend, as bend it like Beckham? :D
Will it bend ?? That question has been answered..
Nothing I can say will be good enough.
I love posters with a single bullet point.
Shot at point blank range. What a lovely man, that Ryan Duggan.
Maybe now we can afford to properly attire our troops. http://i01.i.aliimg.com/wsphoto/v0/32291360705/High-Quality-Blue-font-b-Cell-b-font-font-b-Phone-b-font-Adult-Party-Carnival.jpg
People should not be so anti-plastic for use in cases. There are a myriad types of plastic, some of which would be a better case material than aluminum.