Who is this woman, and what happened to her?
Ann E. Hodges
On November 30, 1954, Ann, who was sleeping on her couch when a meteorite crashed through the roof of her home in Sylacauga, AL, hit a console radio, and smashed into her hip.
Hodges was the first person ever to have been injured by a meteorite, and the event caused a nationwide media sensation.
The meteorite, which weighs about eight and one-half pounds, is on permanent display at the Alabama Museum of Natural History at the University of Alabama in Tuscaloosa.
More Info:
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