Can A Cell Phone Save Your Life?
By Anna
@LadyDuck (472004)
Switzerland
November 15, 2015 6:51am CST
I know, you are thinking that this is a nonsense question.
Of course you can use it to call for help, but this time the story is different.
During the horrific attack of Friday in Paris, a young man (Sylvestre) has had his life saved because his cell phone has blocked a piece of shrapnel.
The man was outside the stadium when a suicide bomber exploded in front of him.
He had just ended a phone call and he still had the phone near the head.
The man was lightly injured at the abdomen but his Samsung phone was enough to protect his head from a piece of shrapnel.
This man was lucky, unfortunately many other have lost their life.
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@LeaPea2417 (37369)
• Toccoa, Georgia
15 Nov 15
@LadyDuck It is luck and I also think it was not his time to die , so God protected him in an unusual way.
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@LadyDuck (472004)
• Switzerland
16 Nov 15
@LeaPea2417 So true, when it's our time to go nothing can help us.
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@zebra2222 (5268)
• United States
15 Nov 15
That is an extremely lucky and fortunate circumstance. A good one at that.
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@LadyDuck (472004)
• Switzerland
16 Nov 15
@mysdianait He was lucky Diana, but too many were not, it is so sad.
@AbbyGreenhill (45494)
• United States
15 Nov 15
I would imagine there are several stories where something like a cell phone saved a life or two. He was lucky for sure.
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@LadyDuck (472004)
• Switzerland
15 Nov 15
@AbbyGreenhill So true, if it was decided to let him live, there is a reason.
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@AbbyGreenhill (45494)
• United States
15 Nov 15
@LadyDuck Now he needs to figure out why he was saved....
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@cahaya1983 (11116)
• Malaysia
15 Nov 15
Oh wow, lucky guy. Apparently this isn't the first time that a cellphone saved someone's life. One time a Nokia phone stopped a bullet from hitting a police officer in Brazil.
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It's what I thought but I did not dare to mention.
@chance216 (280)
• United States
15 Nov 15
wow that is amazing. Phones are pretty small so he got very lucky!
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@Shellyann36 (11384)
• United States
17 Nov 15
I had not heard about this particular detail. The phone really did save his life.
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@Shellyann36 (11384)
• United States
17 Nov 15
@LadyDuck I will have to look for the story today.
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@LadyDuck (472004)
• Switzerland
17 Nov 15
@Shellyann36 I am reading so many stories and some brings tears to my eyes.
@ElizabethWallace (12074)
• United States
15 Nov 15
Things like this happen all the time. I tripped and fell last week. My hat protected my face from worse damage than it received, and my purse protected my hip.
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@LadyDuck (472004)
• Switzerland
16 Nov 15
@ElizabethWallace I am so sorry, but I know, I fell on the ground and badly hit my head when was attacked in Miami. I was covered with bruises and it took two full week to feel better.
@ElizabethWallace (12074)
• United States
15 Nov 15
@LadyDuck The doctor said it will get worse before it gets better. So far, he is correct. This too shall pass.
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@zhou17306 (49)
• Hangzhou, China
16 Nov 15
he is lucky, wonderful!
But it makes ppl very sad, in this attack, too many lives are gone.
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