It gazes like cell phones have been stopping bullets countless times over the past few years, this time a Nextel apparatus saves a man’s life. And if cell phones aren’t stopping bullets, they’re helping skiers from tumbling to their deaths. While it isn’t the first time we’re hearing regarding a handset stopping a bullet, the stories are always captivating on the other hand.
This time, Juan Camarena, 54, has his Nextel phone to thank when it saved his life after being shot at point blank range.
Camarena was far-reaching the floors of an apartment building in New York City when the building’s controller, actually annoyed at being replaced, shot him from just a few feet away.
Fortuitously, Mr. Camarena was able to get away as he “climbed up a floor when he felt a burn near his stomach as the bullet hit the Nextel phone tucked in a jacket pocket.”
He wasn’t utterly unmarked, nevertheless, as he did manage to get a half-inch scratch. Still, it’s much better than what could have been if the handset wasn’t there.
The police are refusing to categorize the shooter and is still at large.
The next time I’m out in a dangerous neighborhood, I’m wearing a vest made of stitched-together rugged Nextel phones.
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