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.
Note to readers: This is a corrected story. An earlier version had Malhotra recently becoming a father for the second time. He has three children