Flickr photo of the day: iPod saves soldier’s life

Apr 6, 2007 // by Pema // Uncategorized // No Comments

Well, actually it is from a couple of days ago – but I found it today. Here is the 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.

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About Pema Hegan

A Kiwi living in Canada.
I love music, obsess over architecture and miss the ocean.

I'm a partner and managing director at Rethink Toronto.

Before Rethink, I founded and then sold GigPark (a social web startup), and was the founding editor-in-chief of Dose.