Bras Save Lives (or mammary survival techniques)

Ok, believe it or not there is more underwear in the news this month. This one is pretty amazing:

BERCHTESGADEN, Germany, June 23 (UPI) – An American woman was rescued from a mountain in Germany after she used her size DD bra to get the attention of nearby loggers, officials said.

The 24-year-old Colorado woman had been missing for three days before a helicopter crew spotted her colorful sports bra, the Daily Mail reported Monday.

The woman said she attached the bra to a cable used for moving logs down the mountain.

I mean no disrespect to this woman or her rescuers but this report begs the following question. However indelicate, and certainly not politically correct, do you think if she were just a B that she still would have been saved? Was the size of the cup a motivator for the rescuers? (“Hey guys, there is a woman with huge boobs up there with no bra on, let’s go find her!”) If not, why did they bother to report the cup size? Kind of absurd, no?

I heard this on a promo for the 11:00PM news so I googled it and you would never believe this but I found ANOTHER story about life saving bras:

May 17,2006 TAMPA, Fla. (AP) – A 44-year-old woman escaped serious injury from a gunshot Sunday thanks to her seat belt and a thick bra strap, authorities said.

That must have been one hell of a bra strap!

Wait, did I miss something? Is this National Foundation Garment week?

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4 responses to “Bras Save Lives (or mammary survival techniques)

  1. This stresses me out, as my bras are small and not substantial. I guess I’m going to have to stay away from mountain climbing and guns.

  2. no worries, wendy. i am sure your survival skills are great no matter what size bras you were.

  3. Liz Scherer's avatar Liz

    I’m wondering why MaidenForm isn’t seizing these stories for their next campaign. Copy line: Defy Gravity.

  4. great line Liz. ahhh, maidenform. that was my first job out of college. designing bra tags! very uplifting. ; )

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