Hair dryer saves grandma

A bonnet dryer has saved a German grandmother from possible death after the ceiling of the salon where she was collapsed.

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A bonnet dryer has saved a German grandmother from possible death after the ceiling of the salon where she was collapsed.

"At first I didn't realise what was happening. You can't hear a thing under the bonnet," Karin Koellner, 72, told the Daily Bild.

"Then bits of the ceiling broke off. But the dryer worked like a protective helmet," said Koellner from Gladbeck in western Germany.

A shocked Nermin Karagad, owner of the "Cut and More" salon, told the paper: "I'm just happy nothing worse happened. The ceiling
was redone seven years ago."

Two other people escaped with slight injuries in the incident, police spokesman Michael Franz told AFP.


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