Bible in front pocket saves Dayton bus driver's life during early morning shooting

[The Straight Story]

DAYTON, Ohio — Authorities say a Bible may have saved the life of a Dayton bus driver Monday.

A New Testament Bible was in the front pocket of a Regional Transit Authority bus driver's shirt when he took two bullets to the chest during an early morning shooting.

The bullets struck the Bible and did not penetrate his body, authorities told WHIO-TV.

Officers at the scene called the life-saving event and “intervention.”

...

According to WHIO, the bus driver parked his bus on Lakeview Avenue in Dayton after it stopped running. While outside of the bus assessing how to fix the problem, three males came up to him and said they had to "shoot a polar bear," police said.


http://www.wcpo.com/news/local-news/bible-in-front-pocket-saves-dayton-bus-drivers-life-during-early-morning-shooting

[hrmjustin]

1. Teddy Roosevelt was saved from death because he had a long speech in his coat pocket when

shot at.

[The Straight Story]

3. In scissors, guns, paper - paper beats gun (nt)

[hrmjustin]

4. Indeed it does.

[FarPoint]

2. WHIO is milking this story....

Lots of Bible thumpers here in Dayton. Plus. WHIO uses Fox for 99% of news source these days.

[NaturalHigh]

5. There were lots of stories like this in the American Civil War.

Not as common these days since the bullets are made from different metals now.

[packman]

6. Drudge will probably headline this

[frazzled]

7. Damn, I don't even have a ...

front pocket, much less a Bible.

I suddenly realized how discriminatory women's clothing is: we could get shot at, and with no pockets in which to place a pen protector or Bible, we're dead.

[eppur_se_muova]

8. You could always wear a steel bra ...

like you see in all those ads for online games.

[Yo_Mama]

9. Three kids just randomly tried to kill him?

What an awful story. I'm glad he's alive, but still. ...

Three shots were fired, one striking Waggoner in the leg and the other two hitting the bible in his pocket. The teens also stabbed him in the left arm, police said.

Waggoner fought for his life, wrestling a gun and knife away from the teens who then ran away.

Police said the three suspects are about 15 to 18 years old.