Doorbell Camera Captures Dramatic Moments when Staten Island Man Struck by Lightning
Thomas Fahmy was hospitalized overnight and released the next day after the strike, and nearly 90% of people hit by lightning survive, officials said.
- On Thursday, Thomas Fahmy was struck by lightning while walking to his car near Todt Hill Road and Windsor Road on Staten Island, with a neighbor's doorbell camera capturing the moment he collapsed.
- After collapsing from the strike, Fahmy managed to stand and walk to a nearby home seeking assistance, where resident Stephanie Homan heard his cries and came to his aid.
- Fahmy was transported to Northwell Staten Island University Hospital for overnight observation after reporting "tingling, numbness, pain" throughout his body, though medical exams confirmed no burns or major injuries.
- U.S. Rep. Nicole Malliotakis released a statement Monday expressing relief that Fahmy, a member of her congressional staff, survived the lightning strike.
- According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, almost 90% of people struck by lightning survive despite about 37 million lightning strikes hitting the ground in the U.S. each year.
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Staten Island Man Struck by Lightning Speaks Out After Incident Caught on Video
STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. (VINnews) — A 24-year-old Staten Island man who survived being struck by an electrical charge from lightning is speaking out about the frightening experience, which was caught on video. Thomas Fahmy of New Springville told the Staten Island Advance that he was walking to his car Thursday afternoon after leaving work when […]
Moment man struck by lightning while walking to dentist appointment caught on camera
A man walking to a dentist appointment survived a lightning strike on Staten Island, New York. Thomas Fahmy, a congressional staffer for US Representative Nicole Malliotakis, told WNBC that he was walking around 15 to 25 feet away from his car last Thursday (27 August) when he was struck and dropped to the ground. Surveillance video shows the moment Mr Fahmy was struck, which he said felt like an "intense burning sensation." "Tingling, numbness,…
After falling to the ground, Thomas Fahmy returned unharmed to his home in Staten Island (ANSA)
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