Update:

Well, it may save your life or it may not. As for what’s in the above link, it was pretty clear that the body armor is what really saved his life. The truth about the ill-fated iPod is almost as funny, though. Gives you an idea how intense a fire fight must be. Body armor or no, I can’t imagine being shot and not noticing.

I still think it was wonderful of the Apple employees who got together to get him a replacement unit, especially since it was an HP branded iPod.