
WILMINGTON, NC - SEPTEMBER 6: Ricky Midgett of Wilmington Public Service pushes branches of an oak tree that crushed a car and fell over onto a road by Tropical Storm Hanna September 6, 2008 in Wilmington, North Carolina. The storm made landfall early this morning resulting in little damage including scattered power outages and fallen trees. (Photo by Logan Mock-Bunting/Getty Images)
PALMER (CBS) – Maureen Gallagher feels like she cheated death Sunday when a huge tree branch fell on her car, narrowly missing her head.
“Thank God I’m alive. It’s a good day, a very good day,” said Maureen Gallagher. “I heard the crackling of the tree, and there wasn’t time to do anything.”