Satellite Piece Crashes Through Man's Roof 121
PolygamousRanchKid writes "A Siberian resident miraculously escaped serious injury or even death when a fragment of a Russian communication satellite crashed through the roof of his house. A Meridian satellite that was launched Friday from the Plesetsk space center in northern Russia on board a Soyuz-2 carrier rocket crashed near the Siberian city of Tobolsk minutes after lift-off. A titanium ball of about five kg fell on to the roof of a house in Ordyn district."
This isn't miraculous. It's merely fortunate. (Score:5, Insightful)
"Miraculous" should be reserved for things that are difficult to believe, or at least wildly improbable. If the satellite fell out of the sky and hit the guy in the face, but he walked off unscathed, then you could say he "miraculously escaped injury."
But being missed by the debris is not a miracle. It just demonstrates how small a target a person is.
Re:This isn't miraculous. It's merely fortunate. (Score:2, Insightful)
Wait, I’m supposed to accept skepticism from someone with an account name of “AuraSeer”?