AnirudhaShe Changed
Sadly, things started taking a toll over Ann. She didn’t realize but she was changed. Due to which her marriage started to get affected. And in 1964, the loving couple separated from each other. Ann was all alone in her house. There were no children to take care of her. All she had was the meteorite that cost her everything in her life.
All Alone
After separating from her husband Ann was left devastated. It felt to her like that there was no purpose for her to live anymore. She loved her husband deeply. But because of the meteorite incident, her life was shattered into pieces just the way it shattered the radio that day. The pieces were scattered all over the floor and there was no music coming out of it anymore. Ann’s life became the same without her husband. In the end, she decided to move out. Though she never left the meteorite. It was for her to remind that all that has happened to her it was all because of this meteorite.
Eight Long Years
The next eight years, Ann spent her life in a nursing home. She passed away in the nursing home due to kidney failure. She was just 52 years when she passed on to next life. The meteorite brought bad luck in her life that took away everything from her, even her life. But the rock made her famous. Sadly, she wasn’t alive to see that.
Giving It Away
Prior to her death, Ann who thought that it all happened due the meteorite, she decided to donate the Sylacauga meteorite to the Alabama Museum of Natural History. The meteorite was moved to the other town leaving Ann alone forever. It was in this new town the rock changed something for good.
The Museum
After the meteorite was donated to the Alabama Museum of Natural History, they studied the meteorite thoroughly. They gathered some major information about it and later the meteorite was put up on display for the general public. Everybody wanted to take a look at the meteorite that struck the woman and who survived the hit.
Same Story
In another town, a smaller piece of meteorite made way and crashed in the yard of Julius McKinney. The farmer received a similar offer just like Ann and Eugene from the Smithsonian. He accepted the offer without a question. With the money, he brought a car and a new house to support his family.