Video: Escape death after being struck by lightning

Sean O'Connor is a lucky man because he still lives after being struck by lightning from his walking shoes.

Mr. O'Connor, a resident of Atlanta, USA, is wearing a pair of steel-clad shoes and is working in the yard on the weekend before being hit by a lightning strike from the sky. The lightning blows O'Connor away from his shoes, the WSB-TV channel reports.

Initially, Mr. O'Connor is not sure what happened. However, after seeing his shoes are smoking, he realized he had just survived after being asked by lightning god.

Mr. O'Connor said, when visiting the hospital emergency department, doctors initially did not seem to believe his story."At first they didn't seem to believe me. But when I showed them the scorched leg hair and shoes, they all wanted to shake my hand. They claimed to have never met anyone who survived the lightning. beat, "said Mr. O'Connor.

The results of the electrocardiogram later revealed, O'Connor had an irregular heartbeat - a phenomenon associated with injuries caused by lightning strikes. The doctors kept him to stay overnight to watch more, but allowed him to return home the next day.

Although the risk of someone being hit by lightning in a certain year is very low, only about 1/1 million according to the US National Meteorological Agency statistic, lightning sometimes attacks people and victims. when can survive. LiveScience's latest estimates show that the rage of lightning gods claimed the lives of 24,000 people worldwide each year and injured about 240,000 others.