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DVD stops bullet

An off-duty US firefighter’s life was saved by a DVD in his pocket when it stopped a bullet for him. Barry McRoy was leaving a fast food restaurant in Walterboro, South Carolina, when two men entered struggling for control of a gun.

The gun accidentally went off and the bullet hit one of the men before shattering a window and hitting Mr McRoy. Mr McRoy didn’t even notice he’d been shot, reports the local Post and Courier. It wasn’t until later, as he gave a statement to a police officer, that Mr McRoy spotted a bullet hole in his jacket.

“I was saved by a DVD,” Mr McRoy said. “How lucky can you get?”

This was posted in Bdaily's Members' News section by Ruth Mitchell .