Lilith
01-08-2007, 05:51 AM
(gg)
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. - A woman watching New Year's Eve
fireworks from a picnic table found out that her bra
can do more than lift and support: It also slowed a
falling bullet.
The .45-caliber bullet struck Debbie Bingham, 46,
after someone fired a gun into the air about 20
minutes before midnight. She still needed stitches,
but the wound might have been much worse except for
the bra strap, police spokesman George Kajtsa said.
Bingham, who was in town from Atlanta, said she is
thankful for the undergarment, which she said was
"very cheap."
"I'd love to have a couple more of those bras," she
said.
Bingham said she was listening to music and enjoying
the fireworks with her daughter and son when she felt
a sharp pain in her shoulder.
Then Solanda Bingham, 30, noticed blood seeping
through her mother's white shirt, and they found the
bullet lodged halfway into the gold-colored bra. The
other half was barely breaking the skin, Bingham told
WTSP-TV.
Kajtsa described the wound as a "big scratch with
bruising."
St. Petersburg police were searching for the shooter
to determine if the shooting was intentional, Kajtsa said.
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. - A woman watching New Year's Eve
fireworks from a picnic table found out that her bra
can do more than lift and support: It also slowed a
falling bullet.
The .45-caliber bullet struck Debbie Bingham, 46,
after someone fired a gun into the air about 20
minutes before midnight. She still needed stitches,
but the wound might have been much worse except for
the bra strap, police spokesman George Kajtsa said.
Bingham, who was in town from Atlanta, said she is
thankful for the undergarment, which she said was
"very cheap."
"I'd love to have a couple more of those bras," she
said.
Bingham said she was listening to music and enjoying
the fireworks with her daughter and son when she felt
a sharp pain in her shoulder.
Then Solanda Bingham, 30, noticed blood seeping
through her mother's white shirt, and they found the
bullet lodged halfway into the gold-colored bra. The
other half was barely breaking the skin, Bingham told
WTSP-TV.
Kajtsa described the wound as a "big scratch with
bruising."
St. Petersburg police were searching for the shooter
to determine if the shooting was intentional, Kajtsa said.