AN American toddler has survived being stabbed in his brain, through his eye, with a set of car keys.
When Nicholas Holderman, 1, fell over at his Missouri home, his father Chris was shocked to find he was impaled on the keys - which entered his eyelid and penetrated his brain, The Sun newspaper reports.
"It was a very horrifying sight to see this happen to your baby," Mr Holderman said.
Nicholas's mother Staci said: "I'll never forget that moment. Nothing can prepare you for something like that."
Doctors told the family the keys could be removed without damaging Nicholas's brain but his eye had been ruptured.
But, in what has been declared a miracle in the US, just 15 minutes later another doctor examined the tot and found the boy's eyesight had not suffered at all.
"Fifteen minutes later, for another (doctor) to say nothing was wrong, we knew it was a miracle from the Lord", Mr Holderman said.
More than two months later, Nicholas is a hero in his hometown of Perryville.
"Everyone will say, 'which eye is it?' We all grin and look at him and are so thankful and are reminded every day of what a miracle it truly is," Mrs Holderman said.
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