High school girlfriend ended up with a real lovesick kind of dude in her college years. He wanted to marry her. IDK why she said no. She wasn't bad looking but nothing more than a 7 - that being generous and she was kind of dumb. She had a low ceiling career-wise. And this dude was an engineer from a rich family.
Anyway he's so heartbroken, he decides to shoot himself using some kind of rifle. Rifle was just a touch too long and that final push to the trigger caused him to tilt his head just far enough back that the round blew off the front of his face but completely missed penetrating his skull , missing his brain, which allowedhim to survive. He made a full recovery but his nose and upper mouth , teeth, maxilla, were all gone.