The clock exploded, and the phone burned down: a student in Florida was struck by lightning almost in the heart

A college freshman was struck by lightning on her first day of class. She survived, although the blow came almost to the heart. The edition told in more detail Insider.

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Emma Eggler, 18, said she was 'very lucky' to be alive as a lightning bolt nearly struck her heart. The shock could have caused a fatal heart attack in an elderly person, but Eggler escaped with second-degree burns and bruises.

The Alabama native moved into her dorm at the University of West Florida (UWF) over the weekend and attended her first class. She said she saw the storm coming when she was on her last pair, but she didn't realize how close the storm was.

Eggler didn't feel the lightning strike when it hit her. The student walked calmly, and then simply woke up lying on the ground, unable to move or speak. Her electronics burned out, and her shirt stuck to her body, leaving burns on her chest, stomach, and wrists.

“I didn’t realize that I was struck by lightning. I thought I tripped and fell to the ground,” Eggler recalls. “Then I realized that I couldn’t move, I couldn’t speak and I couldn’t do anything.”

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When the victim came to, her shirt was "completely unbuttoned" and stuck to her skin. Eggler's friends were able to move her to a nearby bench and called 911.

After paramedics took her to a local hospital, the patient was transferred to the Burn Center at the University of Alabama at Birmingham. She was discharged the next evening. Eggler is feeling better and plans to attend classes next week.

Nelson Liebbert, a senior UWF officer, gave the girl a shirt to cover up and waited with it while the paramedics arrived. Eggler said she remembers "real panic" as she thought she was paralyzed.

Fortunately, during a short stay in the hospital, the victim regained sensation and mobility in her legs. The burns on her stomach were the worst of her injuries, Erin, Eggler's mother, wrote.

Her watch blew up and her phone burned out

Electricity from the lightning passed along the left side of the girl's body - from her chest to her leg.

Eggler was left with holes in her sock and sneakers, where the current exited her body. The Apple Watch on her arm exploded, causing burns to her wrist.

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The girl's phone was also "fried", so her friend had to call Eggler's mother instead.

“If you don't believe in miracles, talk to my child. Perhaps your opinion will change,” Erin Eggler wrote in her Facebook post.

According to the mother's post, the burns on Emma's wrist and neck, where her necklace passed electricity through, were "minor" compared to the lesions on the skin on the torso. Native girls and doctors agree that she miraculously remained completely healthy.

On the way from the hospital, Eggler said the doctors advised her to buy a lottery ticket because she was obviously lucky.

“Perhaps I will,” she remarked.

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