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Gerrit Blank, 14-Yr-Old, Survives 30,000 mph Meteorite Strike
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by Jarrett Martineau | June 12, 2009 at 02:32 pm
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It came from outer space!
And it struck 14-year-old Gerrit Blank on his way to school in Essen, Germany.
A space meteorite travelling at an astonishing 30,000 miles per hour hit Blank in the hand before crashing into Earth and causing a foot-wide crater in the road.
Incredibly, Blank escaped with only a minor injury — a three-inch scar across his hand from where the meteorite struck him — and an amazing story to tell.
The meteorite was about the size of pea and chemical tests on the rock have proven that it fell from space.
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.
He is only the second human being ever to survive a meteor strike.
The only other known example of a human being surviving a meteor strike happened in Alabama, USA, in November 1954 when a grapefruit-sized fragment crashed through the roof of a house, bounced off furniture and landed on a sleeping woman.
What are the chances?
In this case, truly one in a million.
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at 14:35 on June 12th, 2009
Did he get super-powers?
at 14:59 on June 12th, 2009
He must've already had some...the meteor bounced off his hand but made a 1-foot crater in the GROUND?! I think it's called adamantium...
at 15:04 on June 12th, 2009
I agree - he must have been wearing steel gloves at the time.
at 16:07 on June 12th, 2009
And we wonder how out ancestor came about some of their superstition and believes in Gods that get angry or bless them.
at 23:27 on June 12th, 2009
Well, by the sounds of it, he is the first recorded case of surviving a direct strike from a falling meteorite...
at 16:11 on June 14th, 2009
one *am lucky boy!
at 07:26 on June 15th, 2009
Muita, mas muita sorte mesmo!! (very, very lucky!!!!)
at 18:42 on June 17th, 2009
This is a cock of bullshit...
http://www.popsci.com/scitech/article/2009-06/meteorite-impact-last-week-did-it-really-happen
he would have been killed if all of his claims were true