Cell phone in man's chest pocket stops bullet

Thu Nov 20, 2008 5:00 PM EST

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COVINGTON — A man says his cell phone saved his life. A stray .45-caliber bullet hit R.J. Richard's chest while he was mowing the lawn — hitting so hard he thought it was a stone kicked out by his tractor. He pulled out the phone. It fell apart.

The 68-year-old man was bruised. He said doctors told him two things prevented worse injury, maybe even death: the phone, and the fact that the bullet came in at an angle rather than head-on.

Reports of pocket Bibles saving their owners' lives pop up every so often. Richard says he's sure that God told him to put the phone in his overalls chest pocket rather than a pants pocket as usual. He said that Saturday's incident increased his faith.

He figured the bullet was fired by a hunter in woods near his 5-acre property.

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Information from: The Times-Picayune, http://www.timespicayune.com

Information from: WWL-TV, http://www.wwltv.com

Information from: WDSU-TV, http://www.wdsu.com

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Wes4America

I wonder if it was Cheney.

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#1 - Thu Nov 20, 2008 8:26 PM EST

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Richard-594237

ROFL Wes

As many times as I've wanted to chunk mine, I knew that cell phones were good for something.

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#1.1 - Fri Nov 21, 2008 1:18 AM EST

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Wes4America

Yeah, maybe we should send our old cell phones to our GIs in Iraq.

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#1.2 - Fri Nov 21, 2008 12:25 PM EST

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jonsonsmith8

Saved a life for once!!

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#2 - Fri Nov 21, 2008 8:32 AM EST

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yuvalr14

how lucky

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#3 - Fri Nov 21, 2008 10:30 AM EST

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MrCerebellum

Oh what a crock of sh*t. Yeah a hard object in a pocket can stop a bullet from damaging but the whole "God told me to put it in my chest pocket" is just a sound byte for local news and weak attempts to dismiss coincidence.

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#4 - Fri Nov 21, 2008 5:55 PM EST

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