Posted on 01/04/2007 8:20:09 PM PST by RDTF
St. Petersburg, Florida - Debbie Bingham says she was outside enjoying the neighborhood fireworks on New Year's Eve when she felt a sharp pain in her left shoulder.
Debbie Bingham, Shot in Shoulder: "I grabbed my shoulder and noticed I was bleeding. And then I pulled my blouse back and saw the big hole and realized that it was a gun shot." Someone had fired a gun into the air, and Bingham was struck by the falling bullet. Bingham says it would have been much worse, if not for her bra.
Debbie Bingham, Shot in Shoulder: "The bullet was halfway inside of my bra, and the other half right on the tip of my skin." Bingham believes the bra helped stopped the 45-caliber bullet. Police still don't know who fired the gun, but say it is against the law to shoot a gun into the air.
Debbie Bingham was taken to the hospital after the incident and needed five stitches. But she's just happy it wasn't worse and thankful for her bra.
Debbie Bingham, Shot in Shoulder: "It was a very cheap bra. it wasn't very expensive and I'd love to have a couple more of those bras."
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I think they discoverd that if a bullet was fired straight up in the air, it had little velocity falling down, but a bullet fired at a 45 degree angle retained its velocity.
I am in the military, I need one of these. This gives a new meaning to the phrase "wonder bra".
"It was a very cheap bra. It wasn't very expensive and I'd love to have a couple more of those bras."
Wal-Mart Ping! LOL!
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