Tilted Forum Project Discussion Community - An Angel Named Nokia(or: Cell phones do save lives)

http://www.mobilemonday.net/mm/story.php?story_id=3653

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South African merchant André Steyn figures he has a personal angel names Nokia. The angel showed up ? in the form of Mike Myers, the CEO of the local mobile phone distributor ? for he second time on Friday delivering him a new Nokia 6610i mobile phone.

The first time was a lot more dramatic. While traveling 15 km outside Johannesburg in early may, Steyn was approaching a toll plaza in a four-ton truck and trailer when the drama unfolded.

"I heard a 'doof-doof' sound and one of my colleagues shouted 'they are shooting at us!' Alongside the truck was a bright red car with a man hanging out the window. I saw a flash and after the second shot I felt a pain in my hand," Daily Dispatch reported him recounting his story.

The bullet entered Steyn's hand and came out the other side and was stopped by his mobile phone before it could enter his temple and kill him.

Steyn swerved his truck, and forced the potential hijacker?s car over two lanes onto an embankment on the side of the road.

"At least I know who my angel is: it must be Nokia," Steyn said at the time. The attackers managed to get their car back to the road and escape.

Since then Steyn?s hand has been operated on twice but he is happy to be alive.

"Now I can take a photo of anyone who tries to hijack me again!" laughed Steyn about his new camera phone.

[sarcasm]and people say that talking while driving is a bad thing[/sarcasm]