Saved by the bowl

[schumi]

Cape Town - A Bonteheuwel nurse has plastic bowls to thank for her life.

The 48-year-old nurse is one of three people who were caught in gang crossfire on Sunday night.

The medical professional was on her way home after a 12-hour shift when bullets struck the bowls she was carrying just metres from her home.

On Monday, the family showed the Daily Voice the two bowls and the cooler bag nurse Desiree McKenzie was carrying when she was hit by two bullets just after 7pm in Taaibos Road.

“If the bullet didn’t go through these bakkies (bowls), it would have hit Desiree, so these bakkies (bowls) saved her life,” said her mother, who did not want to be named.

Residents say Hard Livings gang members were shooting at rivals the Oka Boys, injuring three innocent bystanders, including Desiree and a 13-year-old boy.

Desiree, a nurse at Melomed Hospital in Gatesville, was hit in the stomach.

A second bullet ripped through her cooler bag, and two lunch bowls, leaving large holes in its wake.

More at: http://www.iol.co.za/news/crime-courts/saved-by-the-bowl-7224171

 

[Pitbull]

Erm...

The bullet would pass through those bowls like a knife through butter. It's not the bowls that saved her, it was the shooter's kark aim.

 

[McSack]

Erm...

The bullet would pass through those bowls like a knife through butter. It's not the bowls that saved her, it was the shooter's kark aim.

100%

Desiree, a nurse at Melomed Hospital in Gatesville, was hit in the stomach.

A second bullet ripped through her cooler bag, and two lunch bowls, leaving large holes in its wake.

But hey, then we couldn't marvel at the magic tupperware and this wouldn't be news ... just another shooting in Bonteheuwel

 

[ToxicBunny]

Erm...

The bullet would pass through those bowls like a knife through butter. It's not the bowls that saved her, it was the shooter's kark aim.

That makes the story crap and boring... so no, by the grace of his noodliness the bowls saved this poor ladies life.

 

[karnuffel]

So in short she got shot at by stormtroopers?

 

[Spliffcat]

What the fuq did I just read?
Couldn't be arsed to try again.

 

[ForceFate]

Erm...

The bullet would pass through those bowls like a knife through butter. It's not the bowls that saved her, it was the shooter's kark aim.

Shooter wasn't aiming at her according to the article.

 

[Pitbull]

Shooter wasn't aiming at her according to the article.

I get that. But she's the one claiming the bowls saved her life