Friday, June 08, 2007
Cell Phone Stops Bullet, Saves Man's Life - WLTX.com
A man survived a shooting at his home Tuesday morning, thanks in part to his cell phone, which slowed a bullet before it hit his chest. Roger Baxter, a Colorado Department of Transportation employee who lost his legs after a semi going 70 mph hit him on I-70 last October, was shot in the chest after interrupting a burglary. "I was in a coma for a little under a month, went through 13 operations, lost my legs," said Baxter. "I'm here."
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Baxter came home to find a man in his home and yelled at him to get out of his house. "I thought it was pretty low of him to take and try to rob a disabled person," said Baxter. Instead of leaving, Baxter says the man tried to kill him. ...
A man survived a shooting at his home Tuesday morning, thanks in part to his cell phone, which slowed a bullet before it hit his chest. Roger Baxter, a Colorado Department of Transportation employee who lost his legs after a semi going 70 mph hit him on I-70 last October, was shot in the chest after interrupting a burglary. "I was in a coma for a little under a month, went through 13 operations, lost my legs," said Baxter. "I'm here."
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Baxter came home to find a man in his home and yelled at him to get out of his house. "I thought it was pretty low of him to take and try to rob a disabled person," said Baxter. Instead of leaving, Baxter says the man tried to kill him. ...
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