Excerpt from
THE HANDBOOK FOR LIGHTNING STRIKE
SURVIVORS
“It felt like I died. I told my son, ‘I’m dead,’ and he said, ‘No, Mama, you got struck by lightning, but you’re not dead.’
“I said, ‘Nobody gets struck by lightning.’ We were on the beach, and there was only one black cloud. Even with my son right there and the lifeguard running toward us, I thought I was dead. I don’t remember the next few days. Still, today, ten years later, I think I died that day. My husband and son are always reminding me how lucky I am to be alive.”
Account by Margaret M.