Doctors and odd luck save man with heart punctured by splinter

Doctors in the Moravian town of Olomouc have saved a man whose heart was punctured by a large splinter ejected from a saw. The survival of the 27-year-old carpenter was reportedly aided by the presence of a blood clot in his heart the size of a fist which blocked the wound to the heart chamber. The man is currently in good condition and does not recall the incident.