Mom Records Son As He Plays in the Rain and Suddenly Lightning Strikes

By THC Staff | October 26, 2017

 

Last week, Argentine mom Carolina Kotur shrieked helplessly as she watched lightning strike next to her 12-year-old son. “It was morning, I was with my daughter in the room calming her, because she is scared of lightning,” the New York Post quotes Kotur telling the local media. “Then the lady who works in my house told me that my son was walking in the rain and I started filming because I was making a joke, and right next to him the lightning struck. Thank God nothing happened to him.”

The video has spread across news outlets around the world like The Weather Channel with commenters like Eleanor Hail proclaiming, “Good Lord!! This young person is SOOOOO LUCKY to be alive!!! It is a wonder it didn’t fry his rear!!!”

According to the National Weather Service, the odds of being struck in any given year is one in 1,083,000 considering the statistics of estimated total deaths and estimated injuries in America. And the odds of being hit, in your lifetime, is one in 13,500 considering an 80-year lifespan. “According to the NWS Storm Data, over the last 30 years (1987-2016) the U.S. has averaged 47 reported lightning fatalities per year. Only about 10% of people who are struck by lightning are killed, leaving 90% with various degrees of disability,” the NWS explains.