In 1954, Ann Hodges, a woman from Sylacauga, Alabama, became the only person officially confirmed to have been injured by a meteorite. The incident occurred on a seemingly normal afternoon when a fragment of an asteroid, estimated to be 4.5 billion years old, crashed through her roof. The meteorite struck a radio first before hitting Hodges in the thigh and hip. Though the impact was painful, it did not result in death, and she eventually recovered from her injuries. The meteorite, later named the Hodges meteorite, sparked a legal dispute over its ownership. Hodges eventually settled the matter by paying $500 to the owner of the house, securing full ownership of the space rock. Today, the meteorite is on display at the Alabama Museum of Natural History at the University of Tuscaloosa. Scientists estimate the odds of such an event happening to an individual are extremely low—comparable to being struck by a tornado, lightning, and a hurricane all at once. While Hodges physically recovered from the incident, the media attention and legal battle reportedly took a toll on her mental health. She passed away in 1972, 18 years after the meteorite struck. Her experience remains a unique event in scientific history, as no other confirmed case of a human being directly injured by a meteorite has been recorded. In 2013, a meteorite explosion over Chelyabinsk, Russia, caused injuries to more than a thousand people, but no direct impact on an individual was confirmed. This further highlights the uniqueness of Hodges' experience, making her the only officially recorded person to have been injured by a meteorite impact.