US EditionFlorida Man Shot in the Chest Says Golden Cross Necklace Blocked Bullet, Saved His Life
- Aidan Perry, a 20-year-old Florida man, was shot in the chest when his friend accidentally fired a gun while showing it off in Ocala.
- Perry was wearing a golden cross necklace, given to him last Christmas by Aaron Perry, which blocked the bullet and slowed its trajectory through his fat tissues.
- Medical professionals treating Perry credited his survival to what they described as divine intervention, noting that the metallic necklace he wore absorbed much of the bullet’s impact.
- Perry said, "I look at it as a lifesaver" and acknowledged he probably wouldn't be talking now without the necklace, while his father expressed that the necklace came from the heart.
- The individual believed to have shot Perry was taken into custody in Sumter County and faces charges of culpable negligence resulting in injury, while Perry remains in good spirits during his recovery and appreciates the opportunity to tell his experience.
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OCALA, Fla. (WSVN) — A Florida man is on the road to recovery after surviving a gunshot to his chest and his medical team says the necklace he was wearing may have saved his life. Aidan Perry, 20, says he was shot accidentally by his friend in Ocala while the friend was showing him a gun. But once he arrived to the hospital, trauma surgeons told him the golden cross he was wearing around his neck blocked the bullet that came from his friend’s gu…
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