Journalist Reacts To Being Shot In The Neck In Calmest Way Possible
Adam Harvey has tweeted an x-ray showing a stray bullet lodged in his neck. #9News pic.twitter.com/at7N5lVFId
— Nine News Australia (@9NewsAUS) June 15, 2017
An Australian journalist has brushed off being shot in the neck.
A bullet struck Adam Harvey just below his left ear as he covered a military battle with Islamic State-aligned militants in the southern Philippines city of Marawi for the Australian Broadcasting Corporation on Thursday.
Harvey shared this X-ray of his injuries to Twitter soon after, alongside a single word: “Lucky.”
Lucky. pic.twitter.com/2ZPYZfidO9
— Adam Harvey (@adharves) June 15, 2017
“Thanks everyone ― I’m okay,” said the 43-year-old in another tweet that he posted on leaving hospital.
“Bullet is still in my neck, but it missed everything important,” added Harvey, who is from Sydney but is now based in the Indonesian capital of Jakarta.
Thanks everyone - I'm okay. Bullet is still in my neck, but it missed everything important. pic.twitter.com/PBYfdrTTa6
— Adam Harvey (@adharves) June 15, 2017
Harvey said he was bending down to get supplies out of a car when he suddenly “felt an almighty stabbing at the side of my neck.”
He initially thought shrapnel had struck him, but he discovered during treatment at hospital that he had a bullet lodged behind his jaw.
“It looks like I’ve been hit with a cricket ball,” he said in video ABC News posted online:
"Yeah, I'll be fine." @adharves speaking to the ABC from hospital after being shot in the neck while on assignment in the Philippines. pic.twitter.com/x5R0o7asd5
— ABC News (@abcnews) June 15, 2017
HuffPost has reached out to Harvey for comment.
The Mindanao island city in which Harvey was injured has been the scene of intense fighting in this month. Reuters news agency reports that hundreds have been killed in clashes between security forces and militants in the past three weeks.
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