Colorado Batman Shooting: Woman Survives Thanks to Brain Defect
27th July 2012
The survival of a woman shot in the head during the Colorado cinema massacre has been hailed as a “miracle” after a shotgun pellet traversed the precise course of a brain defect she was unaware she had.
According to her family Petra Anderson, 22, a musician, lived because she had a rare genetic condition that left her with a small channel of fluid running from the front to back of her brain.
When she was shot in the face the projectile followed the exact course of the defect, avoiding vital areas and lodging in the rear of her head.
Used up all of her life’s allotment of luck in one swell foop. At least she can now pass up games of chance with a clear conscience.
Miss Anderson’s mother Kim Anderson, who has terminal cancer, said her daughter was expected to make a full recovery.
“I believe that she was not only protected by God, but that she was actually prepared for it,” she said. “God won’t let the suffering or the setbacks have the last word.”
Not quite as cool as having a picture of the Virgin Mary appear on a grilled cheese sandwich, but still pretty cool.