Ann Hodges: The First Person Confirmed to Survive a Meteorite Strike
TL;DR
Ann Hodges was the first documented person to be hit by a meteorite in 1954 when a fragment crashed through her roof and struck her, leaving her with a large bruise; her story remains a fascinating tale of space debris hitting Earth.
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- Ann Hodges’s unbelievable story: hit by a meteorite while taking a nap Diario AS
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