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Iraqi journalist Ammar Alwaely owes his life to a GoPro. The little action camera, which was mounted to his chest for a POV perspective, took a sniper bullet for him while he was working in Mosul, Iraq, almost certainly saving his life. (Warning: This video contains strong language).
The video above was shot by one of Alwaely’s colleagues, Sun reporter Owen Holdaway, who witnessed the incredible save first hand. While standing next to their vehicle, an ISIS sniper attempted to take out Alwaely—he hit the GoPro instead. You can see the moment of truth, slowed down, at the 4 second mark:
https://petapixel.com/2017/05/19/video-journalists-chest-mounted-gopro-deflects-sniper-bullet/
[video=youtube;mbEch_iZwqk]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mbEch_iZwqk[/video]