Man escapes death after his Bible blocks two bullets (PICTURED)

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.ynaija.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/wagoner.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="wagoner" class="aligncenter wp-image-250499" height="508" src="http://www.ynaija.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/wagoner.jpg" width="381" /></a></div><div class="entry-content"><div style="text-align: center;"></div>A man in Ohio is a sign that miracles happen after he escaped death as a result of a Bible which was inside his pocket.<br /> 49-year-old bus driver Rickey Wagoner was attacked and shot thrice after being waylaid by three thugs.<br /> Two of the three bullets went into the bible while a third struck Wagoner in the hip.<br /> NY Daily <a href="http://www.nydailynews.com/news/crime/ohio-bus-driver-saved-copy-bible-stops-bullets-article-1.1700485#ixzz2uKHmRYYD" target="_blank">reports</a>:<br /><br /><a name="more"></a><br /> <blockquote><em> An Ohio bus driver can thank the words of God for saving his life Monday after he was shot at three times — but two of the bullets were stopped by a contemporary version of the Bible the man had in his front chest pocket.</em><br /> <br /> <em> Wagoner, 49, had to stop his Dayton city bus around 5:20 a.m. Monday after an electrical problem. When he pulled over to the curb to investigate, three goons approached the driver and blasted away.</em><br /> <br /> <div><em> <img alt="Rickey Wagner had to stop his Dayton, Ohio, bus early Monday after an electrical problem, and was ambushed by three goons. Here, emergency responders at the scene." height="194" src="http://assets.nydailynews.com/polopoly_fs/1.1700484.1393288986%21/img/httpImage/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/landscape_635/bible25n-1-web.jpg" width="400" /> </em> <div itemprop="description"><em>Rickey Wagner had to stop his Dayton, Ohio, bus early Monday after an electrical problem, and was ambushed by three goons. Here, emergency responders at the scene. </em></div></div><em> “I’ve been hit in the leg,” Wagoner told an emergency dispatcher, <a href="http://www.mydaytondailynews.com/news/news/crime-law/police-investigate-shooting-involving-rta-bus-driv/ndZWp/" target="_blank">the Dayton Daily News reported</a>. “My chest feels like I’ve been hit with a sledgehammer.”</em><br /> <br /> <em> But Wagoner will likely survive after a copy of “The Message,” a contemporary version of the New Testament, stopped two shots. He was also hit in the hip.</em><br /> <br /> <em> “The two bullets were stopped by the New Testament book in his chest pocket,”<a href="http://www.mydaytondailynews.com/news/news/crime-law/police-investigate-shooting-involving-rta-bus-driv/ndZWp/" target="_blank">Sgt. Michael Pauley told the newspaper.</a> “There was obviously some kind of intervention involved in this incident, because he probably should not be here.”</em><br /> <br /> <div><em> <img alt="Bus driver Rickey Wagoner, 49, was saved Monday morning when he was shot at three times and two bullets were stopped by a Bible in his chest pocket." height="400" src="http://assets.nydailynews.com/polopoly_fs/1.1700483.1393288985%21/img/httpImage/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/landscape_635/bible25n-2-web.jpg" width="300" /> </em><div itemprop="description"><em>Bus driver Rickey Wagoner, 49, was saved Monday morning when he was shot at three times and two bullets were stopped by a Bible in his chest pocket. </em></div></div><em> After the first two shots, Wagoner fought back and worked to wrangle the pistol out of the suspect’s grasp. The gun went off as the two struggled and a second suspect stabbed the bus driver in the left arm.</em><br /> <br /> <em> The tenacious Wagoner picked a pen out of his own pocket and stabbed one of the suspects in the leg, causing the attacker to drop the gun.</em><br /> <br /> <em> Wagoner picked up the dropped pistol and fired after the fleeing suspects, who appeared to be in their late teens.</em><br /> <br /> <div><em> </em><div itemprop="description"></div><div itemprop="description"><em>‘The Message’ is a version of the New Testament of the Bible written in ‘contemporary language.’ </em></div></div><em> Wagoner, who wasn’t robbed, told cops he thought the shooting was a gang hit. One of the men told the shooter to slay Wagoner “if you want to be all the way in the club,” <a href="http://www.mydaytondailynews.com/news/news/crime-law/police-investigate-shooting-involving-rta-bus-driv/ndZWp/" target="_blank">the Dayton Daily News reported.</a></em><br /> <br /> <em> “Amazingly, his injuries are not life threatening,” Pauley told the newspaper. “He basically said he fought for his life.”</em><br /> <br /> <em> “The Message,” which according to its Amazon page has sold eight million copies, is described as a version of the New Testament in “contemporary language.”</em><br /> <br /> <em> The fact the book saved Wagoner’s life proves “God’s on Rick’s side,” his friend of 20 years, Lillie Brown, <a href="http://www.mydaytondailynews.com/news/news/crime-law/police-investigate-shooting-involving-rta-bus-driv/ndZWp/" target="_blank">told the Dayton Daily News.</a></em><br /> <br /> <em> “Rick is a great guy, you couldn’t ask for anybody better than Rick,” she told the newspaper. “He’s a great friend and terrific dad.”</em></blockquote></div>

Man escapes death after his Bible blocks two bullets (PICTURED)

A man in Ohio is a sign that miracles happen after he escaped death as a result of a Bible which was inside his pocket. 49-year-old bus dri...

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