iPod Saves Lightning Strike Victim

[mawilson 2,133]

(June 19) -- Sophie Frost was lucky to receive an iPod from her grandmother, not just for

enjoying tunes on the go but for saving her life several days later when she was struck

by a powerful bolt of lightning.

The 14-year-old British girl was hit by a 300,000-volt bolt while she and her boyfriend were

standing underneath a tree. Although the impact knocked them both out and left them with

minor burns, the electricity was diverted away from her vital organs, the Daily Mail reported.

Experts credit her survival to the fact that the headphones to her digital music player were

hanging from her clothes, away from her body.

Physicians also attribute her good fortune to her boyfriend, Mason Billington, 14, who was

holding her hand at the time and thus diluted some of the powerful current.

"I'm doing OK. I'm doing well," Frost told the Daily Mail. "I've had a few burns down my body

but it's all healing OK."

For more on this story, check out the Daily Mail.

[Niels Bohr 72]

Physicians aren't exactly physicists.

Nonetheless, great story!

Edited June 20, 2009 by Niels Bohr

[HAL 9000 96]

They could make this into an iPod advertisement if Apple does things right... with I Want to Hold Your Hand playing in the background...

But good for these kids...

[Mrs. Disney 0]

Lucky or what

[Ban Hammer 14,271]

shocking.

[scandal 951]

shocking.

Electifying!

[HAL 9000 96]

Illuminating as well.

[Marilyn. 340]

Physicians aren't exactly physicists.

Nonetheless, great story!

I have been trying to figure out what this has to do with the story

[scandal 951]

Physicians aren't exactly physicists.

Nonetheless, great story!

I have been trying to figure out what this has to do with the story

It's c'master at his very best!

[Nagishkaw 510]

They could make this into an iPod advertisement if Apple does things right... with I Want to Hold Your Hand playing in the background...

But good for these kids...

That's quite a brainSTORM.

[rooster 1]

Last words between the couple before the strike were reported to be "If I am lying about kissing that other boy, may God strike me down!"

[Ban Hammer 14,271]

Illuminating as well.

this story made my hair stand up!

[Niels Bohr 72]

One thing that is bugging my mind is they didn't taught these kids about weather in school? I remembered in the 4th grade we learned about thunder storms, and electricity. I was taught that staying underneath a tree is a "no no" in the rain or thunder storm condition. Heck, they strike the largest object first.

From experience, an electrician was servicing a pole and was electrocuted. He heart popped out of his body a few feet away. The reason is because he had both his arms across the line which drew a conducting path through his heart. Scary.