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MRI Disarms Police Officer
MRI Disarms Police Officer (Rochester-WABC, September 15, 2000) _ An off-duty cop lost his side-arm this week after a magnetic resonance imaging machine ripped it from his hand, shooting off a round at a clinic in Rochester. The Sergent, who was visiting the suburban clinic to undergo an MRI, mentioned to the staff that he had his handgun with him. Sgt. William Benwitz was told it was all right to keep it during the scan, but as soon as he entered the room, the MRI's heavy duty magnet yanked the .45 caliber gun out of his hand, causing it to fire once. No one was hurt, and the bullet lodged into a wall of the clinic. It took three hours to power down the magnet and free the weapon. An MRI is four times as powerful as magnets used to lift cars in junkyards. Sgt. William Benwitz, who runs a firearms training unit, said it would be too risky to try firing the weapon because its molecular structure might have been altered. ``Until we send this gun back to the factory, we're not even going to test-fire it,'' he said in Friday's Rochester Democrat and Chronicle. ``The metal is more brittle than it should be.'' (Copyright 2000 by The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. AP Contributed to this report.) "Considering the events of recent years, the world has a long way to go to regain its credibility and reputation with the US." unknown |
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