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'I honestly thought I was gonna die': Teen survives lightning strike inside Cypress home

Firefighters say the strike traveled through the home’s wiring and caused a small attic fire, while EMS evaluated the teen at the scene.

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A 13-year-old Cypress boy survived a terrifying lightning strike inside his own bedroom.

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A teenager from Cypress, Texas, was injured when lightning struck his home and the electric current hit him while playing video games

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The minor was suddenly struck by lightning in his abdomen through a metal part of his desk that came into contact with his skin.

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Vlad Skuridin, 13, is considered the luckiest kid in the world. On last Tuesday (7/7), the teenager was playing video games in her room, from a house in Cypress (Texas, USA), when she started a storm. "I was just sitting here, everything was going well. I was playing video games, I didn't expect anything," Vlad told the KPRC 2 News station. The teenager was struck by a lightning in his abdomen through a metal piece of his desk that was in contac…

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KPRC-TV broke the news in Houston, United States on Wednesday, July 8, 2026.
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