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How did Sean Archer survive getting shot in the back?

posted 9 years ago by gpapa1998-24-961204
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I mean if you get shot in the back it's fatal. Isn't it? How did he survive that?

[–] manram24 9 years ago

No, not if he didn't get shot anywhere vital.

Y'know, I could eat a peach for hours

[–] gpapa1998-24-961204 9 years ago

So if the bullet misses the vital organs or major arteries and if the wound is treated before significant blood loss you will survive. Am I right?

[–] manram24 9 years ago

So if the bullet misses the vital organs or major arteries and if the wound is treated before significant blood loss you will survive. Am I right?

Yep. He even says to his wife if his wound was over here instead his son would be alive and she said "and you wouldn't be".

Y'know, I could eat a peach for hours

[–] tenantennae 9 years ago

He had to have a backiotomy. It was explained in the prequel, Back/Off

[–] JohnSmythe 9 years ago

I'm no authority on ballistics, but I'd think a high-powered rifle like the one Castor used would pretty much blow a hole the size of a ping pong ball through your back and chest. I'd only think survival would be possible if it didn't hit centre mass.