HOW BIZARRE NEWS (11/10/08)

NO LIE: A WOMAN'S BRA ACTUALLY SAVED HER LIFE:

Last August, 26-year-old Vicky Parsons of Hull, England, was sitting in her parked car when a 14-year-old kid walked up, put a knife to Vicky's throat and told her to hand over her money. --Vicky says she swore at the kid and tried to push the knife away from her throat . . . but that just made the kid angrier. So he stabbed Vicky in the chest and took off running. But get this . . . when the kid stabbed Vicky, only the tip of the knife entered Vicky's chest because the serrated knife blade got caught on her bra's underwire . . . which prevented it from going in any deeper. --In other words, Vicky's bra actually saved her life. --Vicky was taken to the hospital and treated . . . and the boy who stabbed her has been convicted of assault with intent to rob and was sentenced to FOUR years in a juvenile detention facility. (Sun)

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A PILOT SUFFERED A STROKE AND WENT BLIND MID-FLIGHT . . . AND STILL MANAGED TO LAND THE PLANE:

Last week, a 65-year-old pilot named Jim O'Neill took off in his small Cessna airplane to fly from Scotland to southern England. --But about 40 minutes into the flight . . . at 5,500 feet in the air . . . Jim suffered a stroke and went completely BLIND. According to Jim, quote, "It was terrifying. Suddenly, I couldn't see the dials in front of me." --So Jim got on his radio, called for help and flew around completely blind . . . until a Royal Air Force pilot named Paul Gerrard was brought in to talk Jim through his landing. --According to a source with the Royal Air Force, it took a few attempts, but finally, on the third try, Jim was able to safely land the plane . . . just by following Paul's directions. --Jim has been in the hospital ever since the incident . . . and he says he's starting to get some of his sight back. (Yahoo News)

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A COUPLE IN THE U.K. WON A FREE WEDDING BECAUSE THE GROOM IS GOING BLIND . . . AND HE WANTS TO SEE HIS BRIDE IN HER DRESS:

Earlier this year, 35-year-old Paul Jenkinson of Pwllheli, Wales (--100 miles southwest of Manchester), and his fiancée, 36-year-old Angela Armstrong, won a free wedding from a bridal shop called Wedding Belles. --Anyway, in order to win the contest, Paul and Angela had to write an essay about WHY they deserved to win the wedding. --So Paul . . . who suffers from a rare eye disease which is causing him to go blind . . . wrote: --"When I proposed to Angela, I wanted us to marry quickly before I lost my eyesight . . . I don't know how long my sight will last . . . I just want to be able to see Angela in her wedding dress." (Daily Post)
Check out the photo of the lucky couple...