| A 266 Pound Man Who
Was Shot In The Stomach Was Saved By His Rolls Of Fat
Chilean
doctors say a 266 pound man who was shot in the stomach was saved
by his rolls of fat.
They say the bullet lodged in the man's fat and did not damage
any vital organs. A thinner person would have been killed immediately.
A hospital spokesperson in Santiago says the man's thick layer
of fat acted in the same way as a bulletproof vest, taking the
impact of the shot.
La Cuarta newspaper reports Omar Alegria Campos, who's 33, was
driving his bus in the San Bernardo area of Santiago when an
armed man got on and started robbing passengers.
Alegria stopped the bus and switched on his emergency lights
to alert the police. He then tried to grab the man's weapon.
The attacker fired twice. The first bullet smashed the windscreen
and the second lodged in the bus driver's stomach.
Despite the wound, Alegria managed to throw himself on top of
the robber, stopping him from escaping.
A passing police patrol arrested the 29-year-old attacker. They
also took Alegria to El Pino Hospital, where doctors extracted
the bullet and sewed up the wound.
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