SocietyWatch: US man describes 'horrific' experience after lightning strike

Thomas Fahmy was walking to the dentist in Staten Island on 27 August when he saw a bright white flash and fell instantly. A local resident called 911 and helped get him to hospital; he was not seriously injured.

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