GRAPHIC CONTENT: Watch as surgeons pull SWORD out of man's chest
THIS is the moment surgeons pulled a sword out of a man’s chest - just missing his still beating heart.
Millimetres From Heart - Sword removed from his chest
It’s believed the man stabbed himself but survived the ordeal after medics expertly removed the sword from his chest.
The graphic video reveals how surgeons carefully opened the man’s chest to find out exactly where the sword had gone.
In an astonishing move, one surgeon slowly removes the sword which had just missed the man’s heart.
Although the blade can be seen touching the vital organ, miraculously the man did not stab himself in the heart.
Surgeons pulled the sword out of the man's chest
Careful- the medic slowly removes the blade from the man's chest
The video shows surgeons perform the incredible manoeuvre as the man’s heart continues to beat.
Metal clamps kept the man’s chest open allowing the experts to remove the sword.
The blood soaked sword is removed from next to the man's heart
The long blood-soaked sword is then shown to camera as medics discover almost three-quarters of the blade had penetrated the man’s chest.
It’s unclear who the man on the operating table is but the footage was taken in Zaragoza in the north east of Spain.