Mike wrote:
> Shawn The Sheep wrote:
>> http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/northamerica/usa/5177344/Woman-makes-cup-of-tea-after-being-shot-in-head.html
>>
>>
>> Woman makes cup of tea after being shot in head
>> An American woman who was shot in the head by her husband not only
>> survived but made herself a cup of tea.
>>
>>
>> By Our Foreign Staff and Agencies in Birmingham, Alabama
>> Last Updated: 5:29PM BST 19 Apr 2009
>>
>> Police and doctors hailed the survival of Tammy .ton, 47, as
>> miraculous after a bullet from a .38-calibre handgun struck her
>> squarely in the forehead, passed through her skull and exited through
>> the back of her head. She is expected to make a full recovery, while
>> her husband shot himself dead after the attack on his wife.
>>
>> But law enforcement officers in Jackson County, Mississippi, were also
>> astonished that Mrs .ton offered them tea when they arrived at her
>> home after the shooting.
>>
>> Sheriff Mike Byrd said: "When the officer got there she said, 'What's
>> going on?' She was holding a rag on her head and talking. She was
>> conscious, but she was confused about what had happened.
>>
>> "She had made herself some tea and offered the officer something to
>> drink.
>>
>> "There's no way she should be alive other than a miracle from God. You
>> just don't hear of something like this. Somebody gets shot in the head
>> and they're dead."
>>
>> He said that her husband had been on probation for domestic violence
>> and officers had been seeking to serve him with a court order
>> demanding he stayed away from his wife and their rural home.
>>
>> He said the bullet apparently passed through the lobes of the woman's
>> brain without causing major damage. She was rushed to hospital by
>> helicopter where she has been monitored for three days.
>>
>> Dr Patrick Pritchard, an assistant professor of surgery at the
>> University of Alabama-Birmingham, said: "There is a space in the brain
>> where a missile could pass without doing any major damage.
>
> Of course for some this space is larger than for others, indeed I'd
> wager that little short of a shotgun would give matua a headache
>
> Still good on her - making a cup of tea after being shot in the head,
> most people would have struggled to make instant coffee.
>
> Mike
mg made a double frappo after some punk let lose a whole clip aimed
straight at his nadsack.
Obviously, they all missed. |