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An unlikely piece of body armor

April 23, 2009|Times Wire Reports

A Detroit woman avoided serious injury when her underwire bra deflected a bullet, police said.

The woman, 57, who was not identified, saw a group of men breaking into a neighbor's house Tuesday morning, police said, and one took a shot at her. The bullet struck the underwire on her bra.

"It did slow the bullet down," police spokesman Phillip Cook said. "She sustained injuries, but they're not life-threatening."

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