Nahki Wells scored deep into added time as Leyton Orient were forced to share the points with Bradford City at Valley Parade.
Wells free kick cancelled out Lloyd James`s curling effort in first half stoppage time as both sides grabbed a point each.
With nine minutes gone the Bermudian was already looking a dangerous threat as his appeals for a penalty were turned down by referee Mark Heywood.
The Bantams missed a glorious chance with 17 minutes on the clock when Garry Thompson headed wide from a Gary Jones free kick.
That opening seemed to finally click Orient in to gear after a sluggish start with wingers Dean Cox and Moses Odubajo both having efforts on the Bradford goal.
But still the hosts were looking dangerous and Kyel Reid forced a decent save out of Jamie Jones when he pounced on a poor clearance from Mathieu Baudry.
Both teams had appeared to settle for being level at the break before Lloyd James came up with a bit of individual brilliance. The Welshmen controlled the ball on the left edge of the penalty area before superbly curling the ball in to the top far corner past a helpless McLaughlin in the City goal.
Going in to the second period a goal down, Bradford upped their tempo as they pushed for an equaliser. On 55 minutes Nathan Doyle fired his deflected shot narrowly wide of the post as the O`s attempted to hang on to their lead.
At the other end the visitors were looking to double their advantage but Cox could only poke his effort wide of the far post when in a good position.
The home side kept pushing a were awarded a free kick just on the edge of the box deep in to injury time when Baudry fouled a City player. Up stepped Wells who delightfully lobbed the ball over the wall and past a stranded Jones to send the majority of 14,000 support in to delirium as the Bantams earned themselves a point.
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