Hours before the start of the new year 2021, a 9-year-old Argentinian boy dodged a stray stone thanks to a small metal cross he wore across his chest. The incident was called "a New Year's Miracle" by local media.
According to a report from the police office of San Miguel de Tucumán, the capital of the province of Tucumán in northwestern Argentina, “the incident took place around 10 p.m. on December 31, 2020: a 9-year-old boy named Tiziano, arrived from the vicinity of Las Talitas, went with his father to the emergency room of the Jesus Children's Hospital south of the capital with a shallow wound to the chest from a gunshot wound."
After being thoroughly examined for 48 minutes by several doctors on duty, the boy was released from the hospital, the report said.
On January 1, Tiziano's family contacted José Romero Silva, a journalist for Telefé, to explain how the boy survived: the bullet was lodged in the middle of the small metal cross, a gift from him. baby received from his father.
Tiziano's aunt sent journalist Silva a photo showing the bullet that had damaged the cross, and this prevented the bullet from causing any real damage to the boy, except for a minor external wound. skin.
Mr Silva shared the photo on his Twitter account and wrote: "New Year's miracle: yesterday, a few minutes before midnight, a stray bullet entered the chest of a boy from Las Talitas. But it hit a cross the child was wearing.”