back to article 'Miracle' bra saves Detroit woman from robber's bullet

A 57 year old woman was thanking her lucky bras this week after her underwear's underwiring deflected a burglar's bullet. The woman was a witness to a home invasion robbery on the Motor City's North Side. Three men were breaking into a neighbouring house and set off the burglar alarm. As they fled the scene, they noticed the …

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  1. Mike Noble
    Thumb Up

    Thank ...

    ... your lucky bras ... luv it ...

  2. Hollerith

    first and only life-saving bra

    This survival was due to the bra itself. The Brazilian woman was saved by money. The bra was immaterial. Tsk, let's be clear.

  3. Anonymous Coward
    Anonymous Coward

    New Materials

    So, we should be looking at Kevlar instead of silicone. Perhaps even a Kevlar beer-gut implant for men?

  4. Anonymous Coward
    Anonymous Coward

    shenanigans...SHENANIGANS...

    I'd say the shooter missed rather than bouncing off of a bra.

  5. Neil
    Paris Hilton

    Hilton

    Paris.....because she has deflected many shots at her breast without the aid of a bra.

  6. Yorkshirepudding
    Joke

    brazillian

    so that woman in brazil stuffed money into her bra for safe keeping

    riiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiight

  7. Aremmes
    Paris Hilton

    Possibilities

    So, if a woman wore a lucky bra over her Bulgarian airbags, she'd be almost invincible, right?

    I bet Paris already knows the answer to that.

  8. Simon B
    Coat

    BRA-VO!

    BRA-VO!

  9. Damn Yank

    four men seen escaping from the scene in a purple Dodge Neon..

    A.K.A. "Clown Car"

  10. Paul
    Coat

    Bra-zil

    What if the Brazillian bullets were foiled by loose change, rather than foldin' stuff?

    Worst.stripper.evvah.

  11. Anonymous Coward
    Alert

    cup size

    Hmmm, does cup size determine angle of deflection?

  12. Anonymous Coward
    Boffin

    To paraphrase the Duke

    "My breasts are like tits of steel."

  13. tony booth

    reconstruction

    Can we have a Playmobil reconstruction?

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  15. Michael Parker
    Joke

    they could market it as...

    ...'KevBra'?

  16. Codge
    IT Angle

    Saved by her bra? No, the window!

    > The woman's daughter said her mother's minor injuries were mainly from the broken glass.

    So the neighbour, at a distance of probably >20Metres was actually injured by the flying glass.

    I wonder if the bullet had any kinetic energy left when it eventually hit her? If it hit her at all...

    What was the TIT angle?

  17. Richard

    Wait a minute

    I think we're all missing the most amazing bit of the news item: there's crime in Detroit. I am shocked, SHOCKED I say, to hear this! Why, you'll be saying that there's corruption in Chicago politics next!

  18. John F***ing Stepp

    @Gerhardt

    I have the power pastees and know how to use them.

  19. XML slave
    Pirate

    logistics

    What kind of round was it? I mean if it stopped a .22 it's a fairly impressive story, but if it stopped a .45 ACP there must have been a bloody steel band in that bra.

    As for the criminals...not very bright are they? If caught they could be charged with attempted murder, assault with a deadly weapon, etc. Sure she could call the police if not shot at, or she probably would still call if shot at. The only thing they managed to do was to alert more people to their presence by firing a handgun in a populated area. Increasing the punishment without mitigating the risk. Prats.

  20. Dave
    Coat

    Austin Powers anyone

    She needs towear a fembot bra, then she could return fire!

  21. Anonymous Coward
    Heart

    Viagra

    If she had bothered to read about Olga the Russian hairdresser, she wouldn't have needed a bra.

    She could just have fed the robbers Viagra and repeatedly f**ked them for a couple of days.

    ...and since she's American, she may in fact be so overweight that it would have killed them outright.

  22. Anonymous Coward
    Anonymous Coward

    The safest women?

    Clearly she was somewhat challenged in the mammary department or she wouldn't have been wearing a bra with a steel band underwiring. Women who don't have anything significant in the mammary department are clearly more bulletprooof.

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