NEWS: Rare heart saves dumb teen

by **LordRemington** Wed Jun 01, 2011 10:07 pm

A South Florida teen's attempt at a stunt you might see on MTV's "Jackass" ended with him in a hospital and barely surviving thanks to what doctors call a very unique heart.

Gabriel Mendigutia, 19, dared his girlfriend, Ally Castro, to shoot him in the chest with his pellet rifle at near point blank range, a Miami-Dade Police report read.

Castro allegedly closed her eyes and pulled the trigger and the pellet went directly through Mendigutia's heart, eventually getting lodged in his back, Mendigutia told the Miami Herald reported.

The stunt gone wrong would have killed most people, doctors at Jackson Memorial Hospital said.

But Mendigutia's heart is special.

Despite the hole in his heart's main artery, Mendigutia's heart was able to pump blood around the bullet wound because of a "very rare" anatomical anomaly, doctors said.

"He is a miracle case because so many things went in his favor,” said Dr. Nicholas Namias, who performed the surgery to save Mendigutia's life May 23.

Miami-Dade Police have ruled the incident an accidental shooting and Castro isn't expected to face any charges. http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/43228510/ns/health-heart_health/

Two things, man is this guy lucky to be alive. Sustaining what should have been a lethal injury, but saved due to an anomalous heart. lucky

Secondly thought..... how..... how.... How stupid do you have to be to think that was a good idea?! Seriously, at what point did he think "you know what would be hilarious, if you shot me in the chest". I almost get the feeling this guy is dumb enough to think because he survived this that he can with stand bullets and not die and he'll try again.........