# Miracles do happen , in New Delhi ,India **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [July 30, 2008, 4:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/miracles-do-happen-in-new-delhi-india/458243 "2008-07-30T16:23:14Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Indian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/c0e974/32.png) [@Indian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Indian)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2008, 4:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/miracles-do-happen-in-new-delhi-india/458243/1 "2008-07-30T16:23:14Z")
A man was [impaled](http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Delhi/Supratim_Dutta_discharged_from_AIIMS/articleshow/3300753.cms) by an iron rod in a road accident. The iron rod pierced him right through chest. But he survives due to medical care and luck. And promptly gets featured in Ripleys belive it or not and in New England journal of medicine… One hell of a lucky guy… ---
**Author:** ![Drunky\_Smurf](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/drunky_smurf/32/449_2.png) [@Drunky\_Smurf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Drunky_Smurf)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2008, 4:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/miracles-do-happen-in-new-delhi-india/458243/2 "2008-07-30T16:51:34Z")
Wow that looks painful. I am always amazed when people survive impalings. So much damage is done to the body yet somehow the body survives and eventually heals itself. We’re amazing creatures. ---
**Author:** ![Autolycus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/22d042/32.png) [@Autolycus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Autolycus)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2008, 12:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/miracles-do-happen-in-new-delhi-india/458243/3 "2008-07-31T00:01:11Z")
OW! I got phantom pain just thinking about it.