Current Events > Doctors shocked after cop survives with a bullet in his brain for over 10 years.

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A Russian ex-policeman has revealed how he has lived with a bullet lodged in his brain for ten years after he was shot by a gang.

Doctors gave Vladimir Krutov, 36, a one in a million chance of survival.

Extraordinary X-rays reveal the bullet remains lodged at the top of his head after surgeons refused to remove it due to almost certain risk of death during surgery. The bullet was fired from a 7.62-caliber Nagan revolver and 'entered the base of the skull and passed through my entire brain', Krutov said.

Fellow policeman Dmitry Voronin, then 26, was killed in the St Peterburg shootout after the officers stumbled across an imminent gang robbery of a gaming centre.

A fight ensured after the officers challenged the three men, and Krutov remembers his colleague shouting that there was a gun.

The pair were repeatedly punched - Vladimir suffered 20 blows - before their own handcuffs were used on them. Extraordinary X-rays reveal the bullet remains lodged at the top of his head after surgeons refused to remove it due to almost certain risk of death during surgery

The bullet left a hole more than one inch in diameter in the base of his skull

They were forced to the ground before convicted murderer Vyacheslav Vorozhtsov shot Voronin at short range, his blood drenching Vladimir.

'There was a shot, I heard a clap - and something very hot sprinkled on me,' he said. 'Five seconds, another clap - and my lights went out.

'They only came on again nine days later- in Alexandtrovsky Hospital, where I was operated on, had trepanation, and came out of a coma.' Doctors have been left astonished that the police sergeant - who took invalidity pension after the shooting - has gone on to live a normal life.

The bullet inside his head measures three quarters of an inch by one third of an inch and left a hole more than one inch in diameter in the base of his skull.

A year-and-a-half ago he married wife Marina, 36, and is now the proud father of a five-month-old daughter Varvara.

He said: 'I was given a one in a million survival chance. It was unrealistic to survive when a bullet passes through the whole brain, damaging all parts. When I was in a coma, I had a heart failure - and underwent clinical death.'

He lost more than half his blood, his jaw was broken in four places, and his nose was also smashed.

'I thought I was in the next world. I was completely paralysed, only the fingers on my left hand worked,' he said. People walked around in white gowns, masks.'

Yet two months later in October 2010 he walked unaided out of the hospital - 'I'm a former sportsman and I fight for my targets. The doctors could not believe their eyes.'

Six top neurosurgeons examined him and decided removing the bullet would lead to death. Vladimir is banned from flying or going to the sauna but he can run nearly a mile, even though he suffers serious headaches.

'When I go and collect someone from the airport, and go through security, I always cause problems. 'But I tell them: "I've got a bullet in my brain".'

He said: 'In the maternity hospital, when I took my daughter in my hands for the first time, I said to my wife: "This is what I remained alive for."'

Full Article: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-8483029/Russian-cop-bullet-brain-TEN-YEARS-shot-gangland-shootout.html

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This guy is a fucking badass.
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Truth is, game was rigged from the start.

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Garioshi posted...

Truth is, game was rigged from the start.

Well played.

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Garioshi posted...

game was rigged from the start.

still managed to beat it. it's ftw.
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UnfairRepresent posted...

he can run nearly a mile, even though he suffers serious headaches.

I don't know if I would be going on jogs with this.

Incredible that it seems like he pulled through so well.

The_Ivory_Man posted...

I don't know if I would be going on jogs with this.

i know right

What a badass

And he does it for his kid

This guy is a fucking Hollywood movie character
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Yeah, there's a lot of vasculature in that area of the brain. Super lucky he's still alive. Wonder what he's like in learning and decision making tasks.

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The guy responsible for the Chernobyl disaster lived a long life even though he was at ground zero and people are surprised that another Russian survived a bullet to the head? Russians are made of sterner stuff.

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That recounting of how it happened is fucking horrific.

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Russian RoboCop

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ZEROWOLF posted...

The guy responsible for the Chernobyl disaster lived a long life even though he was at ground zero and people are surprised that another Russian survived a bullet to the head? Russians are made of sterner stuff.

Being shot THROUGH the brain doesn't respect what patch of dirt your dad was on when he came.

This guy is a walking miracle.
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