New Orleans resident Ronald Richard was mowing his lawn when he felt something thump his chest hard. He took off his sweater and found that a .45-caliber slug had been fired at him. His trusty Motorola Razr had stopped it. The phone quite literally took a bullet for him.

According to paramedics, the angle of the bullet and the stopping power of the cellphone saved the man from serious injury or death. Richard managed to walk away with little more than a bruise and a newfound respect for his trusty little phone.

Here is a New Orleans local newscast as they covered the incident: