A construction worker wearing a hard hat is deemed as taking the necessary precaution to protect their head from injury. But there's only so much a hard hat can do.
Eduardo Leite was wearing his hard hat while on a construction site in Rio de Janeiro, but it wasn't enough to stop a 6-foot long metal pole piercing his skull after falling five floors.
The pole pierced his skull midway back and came out the other side lower down and between his two eyes. Survival was surely not a possibility, but sure enough Eduardo has walked away from the incident. He even arrived at the hospital conscious explaining what had happened.
It took doctors several hours of surgery, which also saw Eduardo's right eye saved and risk of partial paralysis averted. His total recovery, without brain damage, is expected to only take a few weeks. Incredible.
Source: BBC
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