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Posted: Fri Jun 12, 2009 3:33 pm Post subject: 14-year-old hit by 30,000 mph space meteorite |
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Gerrit Blank, 14, was on his way to school when he saw "ball of light" heading straight towards him from the sky. A red hot, pea-sized piece of rock then hit his hand before bouncing off and causing a foot wide crater in the ground. The teenager survived the strike, the chances of which are just 1 in a million - but with a nas...read more |
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