Teenager Hit By a 30,000 MPH Meteorite
by Terrence Aym February 19, 2011
 

German teenager Gerrit Blank may be the unluckiest person on Earth...or maybe he's the luckiest.

What some astronomers claim is a "trillion to one chance" has happened again, a meteorite has hit a human being. Although the odds are certainly against anyone being hit—let alone killed—by a meteorite.

Perhaps a trillion to one is being too optimistic, however, because at least two people have been struck by meteorites in less than 100 years and there may be more cases of such incidents.

Over the past few thousands of years dozens of documented cases recorded the maiming or killing of many humans. Some of the more verifiable historical cases can be found at "Reported Deaths and Injuries from Meteorite Impact"

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