iPod saves Soldier's life

Saw this story this morning and emailed it out to my co-workers...

From Flickr:

Photos sent to me by my friend Danny with this caption:



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.

I thought it was a great story so I posted them here.

Flickr link: http://www.flickr.com/photos/tiki/445621299/in/pool-appleusers/