Penny jar stops bullet fired at NYC house

A tenant leader who has campaigned against drug dealers in her neighborhood says a "penny jar" prevented a bullet that hit her apartment from doing more damage.

Brenda Scott, 56, president of the Ebbets Field Houses Tenants Organization in Brooklyn, said she was in her bedroom Saturday night when she heard a loud noise "that sounded like thick glass crackling."

She found a bullet hole in her front door. "The heavy-duty penny jar in my front hallway stopped the bullet from going all the way through" the apartment, said Scott, a retired second-grade teacher.

Scott said she is sure the bullet wasn't a stray. "Out of 1,319 apartments in the complex, it hit my door," she said. "The message is, 'Watch out.'" "Sure, I'm scared," said Scott. "I don't want to die, but it's not going to stop me." Article here.