OCALA, Fla. (WSVN) — A Florida man is on the highway to restoration after surviving a gunshot to his chest and his medical group says the necklace he was carrying might have saved his life.
Aidan Perry, 20, says he was shot by accident by his buddy in Ocala whereas the buddy was displaying him a gun.
However as soon as he arrived to the hospital, trauma surgeons informed him the golden cross he was carrying round his neck blocked the bullet that got here from his buddy’s gun.
“They stated about an inch above my coronary heart after which from there it hit the cross,” stated Aidan. “One of many docs stated divine intervention.”
Docs stated if not for his necklace, Aidan would’ve been in greater bother.
“So the bullet ricocheted off the necklace and entered his chest wall. Nevertheless, it was simply in his fats tissues as a result of it slowed down the trajectory of the bullet,” stated Dr. Khafra Garcia Henra, trauma surgeon at HCA Florida Ocala Hospital. “It may have been approach worse getting into his chest wall itself, into the pleural house, which is the airspace across the lung between the bones and injuring his lung itself or his coronary heart. So many feelings.”
Aidan stated his dad, Aaron, gifted him the necklace final Christmas and by no means imagined it could carry him a life-saving miracle.
“I don’t wish to say it was only a present, however it got here from the center,” stated Aaron.
Whereas Aidan nonetheless has to spend a while totally recovering, he’s in good spirits and grateful to share his story.
“Even with somewhat little bit of ache, i’m nonetheless right here so it’s high quality. I’m high quality with that. So long as i’m nonetheless right here,” stated Aidan. “I feel God performed an enormous position on this. I feel he’s the explanation that i’m nonetheless right here right this moment.”
The person accused of taking pictures Perry was arrested. He’s charged with culpable negligence inflicting harm.
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