2nd Chance
Dec 02 2022
•1h 29m
•Documentary, History
In 1969, bankrupt pizzeria owner Richard Davis invented the modern-day bulletproof vest. To prove that it worked, he shot himself — point-blank — 192 times.
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Richard Davis
Self - CEO of Second Chance Body Armor, Inc.
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