US Soldier Saved From a Bullet by His iPod
US Soldier Saved From a Bullet by His iPod
http://gop3.com/2007/04/05/us-soldie...t-by-his-ipod/
April 5th, 2007 12:44 pm by Brandon Henak
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Looks like one soldiers’ iPod came in handy as extra body armor. Coming soon, the iPods for soldiers fund. In addition, Apple could uparmor the troops with 60 GB iPods…
Here is the story from a flickr post:
My wife’s uncle works in a military hospital and told me about this. Its pretty amazing. Kevin Garrad (3rd Infantry Division) was on a street patrol in Iraq (Tikrit I believe) and as he rounded the corner of a building an armed (AK-47) insurgent came from the other side.
The two of them were within just a few feet of each other when they opened fire. The insurgent was killed and Kevin was hit in the left chest where his IPod was in his jacket pocket. It slowed the bullet down enough that it did not completely penetrate his body armor. Fortunately, Kevin suffered no wound.
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