NEW HAVEN, Conn. — A New Haven man is recovering after being shot during a robbery, but his life may have been saved by his lunchbox.

Carlos Juarez, 32, was waiting for his ride to work Tuesday morning in his driveway before dawn and two robbers accosted him, demanding money, police said.

Juarez refused the demand and the robbers opened fire.

Juarez said he reflexively held up his lunch cooler over his chest to shield himself from the bullets. The cooler was hit twice.

The gunman kept firing and Juarez was hit twice in the side.

Juarez, who was released from the hospital after treatment, said two bullets remain in his side because doctors were not able to remove them because of swelling.

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If someone has a gun aimed at you, give up the money. Whatever amount he had was not worth his life and what has happened to him.

I agree With you on that Gary

That lunchbox must be well built to be able to deflect a bullet .

Scirwode

With a lunch box? This sounds just like Mythbusters material...

Must have been one of these

Man, my state is in rare form today. I heard about this on the radio this morning, I'm glad the guy didn't get killed. And what Gary said is correct. It's even the first thing we teach students in my self defense class. Whatever you have on you is not worth your life, so don't risk it.

Lunch box is a bit vague .. I want a precise make and model #!

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$10.99

I knew someone would say that ! And Sethos, I owned one of those lunch boxes back in my younger years, still got it somewhere if I can find it.

Scirwode

If only he had a gun so he could have the right to protect him and his lunchbox

Stupid idiot. Could have been killed for a couple of bucks.

he probably watched some jackie chan movie the night before.

Think I read a review in 'What Lunchbox'

Wow, pretty harsh calling the guy that almost got robbed and idiot.... you should be ashamed of yourself. Who SHOOTS a poor worker waiting for a ride over a couple of bucks? The guys that did that should be shot.

And I would do the same thing too. The more success people like that have, the more people that will do it. i worked hard to get what is mine, and no punks are going to take that away from me.

Not if your life is at risk. Do you really carry that much money in your pocket? It would have been a different story if you had a gun to shoot back, but not with a lunchbox.

I've heard about classic Xbox's stopping bullets, but not lunchboxes