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Man struck by lightning while pumping gas survives
Oct 4, 2008, 1:52 GMT
Washington - A man who was struck by lightning while pumping gas in New York state, lived to tell the tale Friday.
'I started pumping the gas, and I seen a very bright orange light, followed by a very bright white light, and then total darkness. I went out,' William Hall told WIVB-TV.
He recalled feeling the current travelling through him, before passing out. 'I was very numb, shaky. Hard to catch my breath. My heart was beating really rapid.'
Hall made a routine stop at the pump late Wednesday. Surveillance cameras at K & K Food Mart caught Hall lurching over after the bolt struck. He returned to the pump on Thursday to complete filling his tank.
'Everybody tells me I'm lucky, and I feel that way. I really do,' he said.
On Friday Hall said he felt fine, except that every muscle in his body was sore and he had a few small blisters on his elbow.
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You Dork!
Pretty lucky. But after all that he still had to pay $3.50/gal. for his gas. The lightning spared him, but the oil companies could show no mercy.
how can obama wreck the country when bush already did that ...dumbass
I'm a friend of Bill's and he had to go back to the gas station the next day to pick up his $2.00 in change from filling up. Guess the beer on my this weekend.
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yeah yeah...Obama will wreck the country.Oct 4th, 2008 - 03:27:58
too bad it wasn't him.
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