theant
July 12th, 2009, 2:50 am
Lightning strike victim counts his blessings (http://thefacts.com/story.lasso?ewcd=d49cf83730279bdf)
‘THE BRIGHTEST LIGHT’
Heading through traffic on Highway 288 about 6:40 p.m. June 30, Camacho came to an overpass in Pearland and saw a heavy, black cloud above him.
Camacho, 35, said then he saw “the brightest light” he’d ever seen and heard a noise so loud he felt like he’d been hit by a dump truck.
“I felt a hot flash on my back and a very bright light,” he said. “It didn’t hit me directly. If it had hit me, the doctor told me I wouldn’t be here.”
Camacho’s sister-in-law, Kristi Hopper, was on the phone with him talking about visiting from Dallas when she heard breaking glass.
“He never put the phone down,” she said. “The glass shattered. The airbags went off. I heard all of that.”
Sorry not to have it sooner. On the 10th of July 2009 it was at the bottom of the front page.
‘THE BRIGHTEST LIGHT’
Heading through traffic on Highway 288 about 6:40 p.m. June 30, Camacho came to an overpass in Pearland and saw a heavy, black cloud above him.
Camacho, 35, said then he saw “the brightest light” he’d ever seen and heard a noise so loud he felt like he’d been hit by a dump truck.
“I felt a hot flash on my back and a very bright light,” he said. “It didn’t hit me directly. If it had hit me, the doctor told me I wouldn’t be here.”
Camacho’s sister-in-law, Kristi Hopper, was on the phone with him talking about visiting from Dallas when she heard breaking glass.
“He never put the phone down,” she said. “The glass shattered. The airbags went off. I heard all of that.”
Sorry not to have it sooner. On the 10th of July 2009 it was at the bottom of the front page.