British soldier's narrow escape

BEIJING, April 21 (Xin***) -- A Manchester soldier in Afghanistan was
dubbed the luckiest man in the military after he escaped from a Taliban bullet,
which hit his helmet but missed his head.

Private Leon "Willy" Wilson, 32, said he was left without a mark after the
round tore through his head protection.

The Territorial Army soldier, on attachment with 2nd Battalion of the
Mercian Regiment (Worcesters and Foresters), was knocked flat on his back by the
impact of the AK-47 bullet shot in Afghanistan.

Defence chiefs pronounced him "officially the luckiest man in the British
Army".

(Agencies)