Woman Feels 'Crazy Blow' At Wedding, Finds Bullet Lodged Near Spine 3 Months Later

A young Israeli woman was shocked to find out the pain in her back was caused by a bullet lodged near her spine. It took the woman three months to realize that she had been struck by gunfire while attending a wedding celebration three months before the discovery.

Adi Bloy said she felt a “crazy blow” in her back during her friend’s wedding at an event hall in Sha’ar Binyamin north of Jerusalem. The blow was followed by a sharp pain that left a scrape mark on her back, according to Israel National News. Bloy felt the pain rush through her body but carried on as her friends shrugged it off.

“In the middle of the wedding ceremony, I felt a crazy blow in my back. From my shoulders to my feet, there was crazy pain. I thought at first I pulled a muscle, I didn’t see a hole in my dress,” she told Army Radio, as quoted by the Times of Israel.

“After a few minutes, I saw a bit of blood on my hand after I held the spot. There was the tiniest scratch there. They made light of the situation — my friends said, ‘Don’t worry,'” Bloy added. “Even the doctors said, ‘It’s nothing, Adi.’”

However, doctors were stumped when Bloy complained about the pain worsening since the wedding celebration. The young woman requested a CT scan, which showed doctors a metal object lodged in her back near her spine.

Doctors performed surgery and only then realized it was a 5.56mm bullet that Bloy was struck with at the wedding three months prior.

“I was saved by a miracle. The surgeon doctor told me if it had hit a few centimeters more [in any direction], I would have been harmed in so many ways,” Bloy said.

Investigators suspect the bullet was fired from the nearby Palestinian village of Mukhamas. They are still unsure of whether the bullet was intentionally aimed at the wedding venue or whether it was an accidental case of stray gunfire.

The military said they didn’t receive any reports of gunfire in the area on the night of the wedding that Bloy attended.

The woman submitted a petition with the National Insurance Institute last week to recognize her as a terror victim. The institute will cover her medical expenses if the request is approved.

“This is a story you hear in movies. You never really think you would meet such a thing,” Bloy said. “In the end, it met me.”