Cell Phone Saves Gas Station Clerk From Getting Shot

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[QUOTE][B](CNN)[/B] -- A gas station clerk's smartphone may have saved his life Monday by blocking a bullet fired at his chest in an attempted armed robbery.The shooting happened after a man entered the store at the Hess gas station in Winter Garden, Florida, early Friday and asked a clerk to help him find a particular beverage.

The man then pulled out a revolver and demanded that the clerk open the safe, [URL="http://www.wesh.com/news/central-florida/orange-county/convenience-store-clerk-shot-after-robbery-attempt/-/12978032/22669824/-/jebu3oz/-/index.html"]CNN affiliate WESH reported[/URL], but the clerk was unable to get the safe door open.

Another clerk then entered the store and was also ordered to open the safe.

After both the store workers' efforts to open it failed, the man fired a single gunshot as he left the store, WESH reported, citing police.[/QUOTE]

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[URL="http://edition.cnn.com/2013/10/29/us/florida-shooting-cell-phone-blocks-bullet/?hpt=us_t4"]Source[/URL]

[URL="http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=44d_1383177456"]Video of the shooting[/URL]

Man, what a close call.