Is the Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge so good it can save a life?

It turns out the answer to that question is yes, with one man crediting his life to Samsung Electronic Co. Ltd.’s flagship device during the horror which was the Islamic terrorist attacks in Paris on Friday night.

According to a French media site, a man named Sylvestre was outside the Stade de France when a suicide bomber and a gunman created havoc by detonating a bomb and firing multiple rounds; as fragments from the bomb flew in all directions, a fragment large enough to have killed a man headed towards Sylvestre but instead struck his Galaxy S6 Edge, which was he was talking on at the time the bomb was detonated.

Sylvestre didn’t come off completely unscathed as he was also shot in the foot and suffered a bullet graze to his torso, but that’s minor injuries compared to what would have occurred if his phone hadn’t saved him from a body bag.

“Look here, this is my phone that saved my life, otherwise my head would’ve exploded,” he told iTele in French.

Social coverage

Social media spread through the use of smartphones played a huge role in news breaking during the horror in Paris, including one person stuck at the Bataclan theater where gunman took hostages and killed over 100 people during a concert by U.S. band Eagles of Death Metal live tweeting from the event; others shared video and pictures of what they were seeing from the multiple venues across Paris that were attacked.

It’s hard to say anything positive after the event, but at least this story shows that even in the darkest of hours, miracles, or perhaps luck depending on your religious persuasion, can happen.

Sylvestre’s phone itself was a touch the worse as you can imagine, and is described as having a large dent on one side and a shattered screen on the other; the damage may not be covered under Samsung’s standard warranty but if the company doesn’t replace it for free there will be a lot of people wanting to have a talk to them about why they should.

Image credit: iTele