Motorola Razr Takes Bullet for Owner, Saves His Life

I've written before about bulletproof backpacks for kids in the wake of such tragedies as Columbine. But what we have here is a case of a life-saving, though obviously not bulletproof, Motorola Razr.

A Louisiana man owes his life to his Razr. Unfortunately, it's probably not something the embattled and sinking Motorola can use in an ad.

R.J. Richard was using his riding mower on a Saturday when, as he told WWL-TV:

"All of a sudden, something hits me in the chest and I'm nor thinking bullet. I'm thinking, 'how could something pop up from the lawnmower and hit me?' That’s the only thing I could think of.

I had a sweatshirt on. I stopped and I lifted up my sweatshirt and I took out the cell phone to check it to see if it was damaged and this bullet falls out and it's like 'Wow.'"

Turns out it was a bullet, a 45-caliber bullet, to be exact, which he believes was a stray from the nearby woods.

Richard isn't sure why he clipped the Razr to the front of his overalls --- over his heart, according to the report. But he certainly is glad.

Police feel it was simply an accident, not intentional. However, this reminds me of what I always wonder when people fire off guns in celebration of events. The bullet has to come down somewhere.

This isn't the first life-saving cell phone. For example, in 2007 Roger Baxter from Colorado interrupted a burglary and was saved by his cell phone.