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CHELYABINSK, Russia - Michael Garnett had hit the snooze button on his alarm clock, hoping to catch a few more minutes of sleep before heading to hockey practice Friday morning, when a tremendous blast jolted him out of bed.
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Saskatoon native Michael Garnett, who plays hockey in the professional Kontinental Hockey League, says he was jolted out of bed by a tremendous blast from a meteor that streaked over Russia's Ural Mountains and shook his apartment building. THE CANADIAN PRESS/ho-Michel Garnett

CHELYABINSK, Russia - Michael Garnett had hit the snooze button on his alarm clock, hoping to catch a few more minutes of sleep before heading to hockey practice Friday morning, when a tremendous blast jolted him out of bed.

The walls of his apartment in Chelyabinsk — the biggest city affected by a meteor that streaked over Russia's Ural Mountains — were shuddering as he heard glass shattering and car alarms going off outside.

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