The reason why I chose this article is because what are the actual odds of this situation becoming a reality again for another human being. A man who gets his life saved from a bullet by a few coins in his front pocket of his shirt is historical. A man named Optatius Buyssens was on a scouting in World War one. As the whole mission was in progress, he had been holding a set of six French coins in the front pocket of his t-shirt. While on the mission, he had located in what was thought to be a safe area, happened to be where he was shot at. The clinging of the coins had given away his position and a German soldier had opened fire at him hitting Optatius in the same spot where his coins happened to be. The bullet ricocheted off him, but in the process of this happening, he notices the soldier making his way towards him. His immediate reaction was to play the wounded character and fake the death and make the great escape. The German soldier finally approaches him and gives him one kick to the head area, giving Optatius the perfect chance to fake his death and crawl his way out of war. This article was one of the most interesting articles I have ever read on CNN or ever. It’s so coincidental how the coins he had saved for himself ended up being a life saver for him.
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