This week Flickr user tikigod posted photos of an iPod that reportedly saved the life of a soldier when he was shot with an AK-47. The photo belonged to tikigod's friend Danny, who said:
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.
Tikigod later got an e-mail from Apple, saying they were working to get Garrad a new iPod.
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Betty Barclay
amazing!
1it really is. there's no other word for it.
2Wow! Cheers to apple for making a bulletproof MP3 player!
3Wow! What luck. Golf claps for our troops!!!
4i would be interested in getting that ipod back to put in a museum if i were an apple exec. but i am sure the soldier wants to keep it.
5That's unbelievable! amazing!
6That's amazing.
7wow. thats an amazing story.
8
I think they ought to cut him some slack and let him go home now. One
close call is plenty, no sense pushing his luck. 
9If you go to the Flickr page, it's updated to say that the armor stopped the bullet, not the iPod. It wasn't until he saw his busted iPod that he realized he'd been shot at.
10either way whether it was the ipod/armor that stoped the bullet he is one lucky fellow - it was obviously not his time.
11Wonder if Apple will give him a new one. I doubt it but that would be nice and good advertisement for them.
12Is it a real iPod, just noticing the HP engraving on the back?
13What the hell is with the HP logo?
14limited time ipod were sold by HP were together until they broke up research noobs.
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