A Detroit woman avoided serious injury when the underwire on her bra deflected a bullet shot at her from next door, according to 'The Telegraph'.
The 57-year-old woman, who lives on the city's west side, saw a group of men breaking into a neighbour's house on Tuesday morning. When the men spotted her, one of them fired a shot at her, a police spokesman said.
The bullet struck the underwire on the woman's bra and that saved her from a more serious injury, police said.
"It did slow the bullet down," said Phillip Cook, a Detroit police spokesman. "She sustained injuries but they're not life threatening."
The woman, who was not identified, was treated at a nearby hospital. The suspects in the shooting drove away.
Just last week in Brazil, another woman's life was saved with a bit of help from her undergarments.
A woman who was shot in the chest by robbers on a bus in the northeastern Brazilian state of Bahia survived the attack because she had stuffed money into her bra.
Because of frequent armed robberies on buses in the region, when 58-year-old Ivonete Pereira decided to take the bus to her summer home, she stuffed 150 reals (£45) in 20 and 10-real notes inside her bra.
The cash absorbed most of the impact when Mrs Pereira was caught in the crossfire during a shoot-out with police.
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