Young man dies after stabbing himself in the chest thinking his vest was knife-proof to "show off" A young man fatally stabbed himself when he plunged a blade through a vest that he thought was knife-proof, an inquest was told. Jordan Easton died while apparently "showing off" to friends just five days after he celebrated his 22nd birthday. The tragic incident happened in a friend's kitchen in Thornaby-on-Tees, North Yorkshire when he told his pals he was wearing a “stab-proof vest”.