Apple announces... iBodyArmor?

Sometimes, you just hope a story is true and not some stupid hoax making its way around the Internets. This is one of them.

I found this on Keith Olbermann's blog, TheNewsHole, and it brought a smile to my face.

Pictured above, according to Olbermann's blog and a link to Flickr where the photos originated, is a picture of Christine and Kevin Garrad. And they have reason to smile.

Evidently, Garrad (3rd Infantry Division) was patrolling a street patrol in Iraq and as he rounded the corner of a building he came face to face with an insurgent. As the two were just a few feet apart, they both opened fire. The insurgent was killed, and Garrad was hit in the left chest where his trusty iPod was in his jacket pocket. His iPod slowed down the bullet enough that that it didn't pierce his body armor. He reportedly escaped the incident unscathed and unwounded.

This sort of brings life into perspective, doesn't it.

I don't think this one will be playing songs any time soon.

I'd love it if Apple sent Garrad another iPod - jacked up with all of the bells and whistles. The Apple people should send him the top-of-the-line model, complete with lots of songs and an engraving on the back, thanking him for his service in Iraq.

Here's hoping you get home safely from iRaq in one piece, and that you get a new iPod soon, Kevin.

I'm going to write Apple Computer to find out if they have heard of this story, and also asking them to send Garrad a new one.