Words fail me...
I shall remain politically correct and abstain from commenting harshly.
Maybe they should put it in the driving test...
You were lucky if it hasn't done anything else to the car. Can you see any stretch marks in the paint around the base of the strut turrets?
A friend of mine works in auto repair and has had to put several Mk4 Golf's on a jig before, for much less than that! One of them was a female kerbing her car... that's one hell of a kerb...took 3 hours to straighten it. What sometimes happens is that the subchassis actually holds the monocoque square, when it's removed the chassis pings (so to speak) and you can't put the subchassis on again (bolt holes don't line up, etc.). All this info of course is associated with front end damage due to kerbing (ping balling of a roundabout kerb, front impact, etc.).
Unfortunately I have no experience of damage due to towing with strut bace...
It's gonna make some good conversation at the coffee machine in the office tomorrow!
Hope your car recovers fully Emily.