³We heard a huge explosion Š but did not know what it was,² Levitin told the website. ³There was glass shattering everywhere, people trying to escape but there was nowhere to run.
³Then we found out it was a meteor from space.²
He said one of the congregants ran outside to see what was happening, and a huge piece of glass fell into the spot where he had been sitting moments before.
³It was clearly a huge miracle,² Levitin told the site.
A meteor exploded over central Russia today, creating an atomic bomb-size shock wave that shattered tens of thousands of windows, shoved buildings around and injured an estimated 1,200, authorities said.