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Published: February 21, 2008
Tulsa woman's a one-hit wonder
By Julie Bisbee
TULSA — Lottie Williams might not be one in a trillion, but scientists believe she's at least one in a million.

While some might be concerned with falling space debris, Williams is the only person on record ever hit by any.

Williams, a Tulsa postal worker who was unhurt when she was struck on the shoulder in 1997 by a piece of space debris, said she would keep her eye to the sky while the military tried to s...

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