Lucky escape for boy, 13, hit by lightning at 13:13 on Friday the 13th

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A 13-year-old boy was struck by lightning — at 13:13 hours on Friday the 13th, according to reports.

The teen was watching an air show at Lowestoft, England, when he was struck and was later treated for burns to his shoulder, the U.K.'s Mirror newspaper said. He is expected to fully recover.

Rex Clarke, leader of the St. John Ambulance team that treated the child, described what happened.

"Suddenly there was this huge crack of lightning really close to the seafront and really loud thunder," he told the Mirror. "Seconds later we got a call someone had been hit. The boy was breathing and was conscious."

"He had a minor burn to his shoulder and was taken to hospital as a precaution. It could have been a lot worse," he said, adding: "It's all a bit strange that he was 13, and it happened at 13:13 on Friday the 13th."

Two other spectators, who were standing near the boy when he was hit, were treated for minor injuries, the Mirror said.

"We were just watching the Red Arrows [air display team] go past and there was a flash of lightning," one of the wounded, Jordan Gissing, 16, told the Mirror. "I couldn't speak. I was in shock."

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Prabhu Deva

would have been stranger if it happened in 2013

oh wait world will be ended by then. lets just forget about it and try to enjoy the year and a half we have left

Banned Account

This is why I refuse to have a digital watch - I am protected from such misfortunes.

Sykk

OP's postcount is 999 also, now THAT'S freaky.

Tea_Bag

Who in this day and age still believes in superstitions?

i highly doubt he actually got hit at 13:13.

we'llallhavetea_old

Tea_Bag wrote: »

Who in this day and age still believes in superstitions?

i highly doubt he actually got hit at 13:13.

and even if he did, just a coincidence.

phill106

And how many seconds? I bet if it had been exactly 13:13:13 on friday the 13th that would have been mentioned

kfallon

The dozy little cant!

Riamfada

Tea_Bag wrote: »

Who in this day and age still believes in superstitions?

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Pompey Magnus

Tea_Bag wrote: »

i highly doubt he actually got hit at 13:13.

Exactly. I'm sure the childs mother, immediately after he got hit, screamed "Oh my God, my poor baby...someone call an ambulance and the talking clock so we can have an accurate timing of the accident just in case some rag of a newspaper has ink it needs wasting"

bazmaiden

we'llallhavetea wrote: »

and even if he did, just a coincidence.

Or IS it????


*ghostly noises etc*

carrollreid

Apparently a paramedic looked at his watch at 13:13 while treating the boy. So it didn't happen at 13:13 at all.

kfallon

I presume this was the front page story on this morning's Metro

changes

There are 6 billion people in the world. If we assume that these days people live to an average of 60 than that should leave about 100 million 13 year olds in the world..... something bad was bound to happen one of them at 13 mins past one.

hidinginthebush

Boy survives lightning strike, everything else in the article is irrelevant.

henryporter

kfallon wrote: »

I presume this was the front page story on this morning's Metro

Or 'The Onion'

Benny Lava

Prabhu Deva wrote: »

would have been stranger if it happened in 2013

oh wait world will be ended by then. lets just forget about it and try to enjoy the year and a half we have left

Prabhu Deva??? THE PRABHU DEVA?!

As you can tell from my username, you are an inspiration to us all!

My loony bun is fine

RMD

Usual tabloid bull****.

The last priority of someone when a person has been hit by lightning is to check the time of the incident to see if it's ironic.

Dunjohn

Lucky escape? I think the OP may have missed the significance of all those thirteens.

DOC09UNAM

Dunjohn wrote: »

Lucky escape? I think the OP may have missed the significance of all those thirteens.

I think the OP just copy and pasted the title of the article from the News site...

Jesus Wept

we'llallhavetea wrote: »

and even if he did, just a coincidence.

So, so naive.

me-skywalker

Rex Clarke.. Jordan Gissing... 'couldn't speak, in shock' Hmmmm don don don

Rex Clarke, leader of the St. John Ambulance

Two other spectators, who were standing near the boy when he was hit, were treated for minor injuries, the Mirror said.

"We were just watching the Red Arrows [air display team] go past and there was a flash of lightning," one of the wounded, Jordan Gissing, 16, told the Mirror. "I couldn't speak. I was in shock."

Sanjuro

Each subsequent 13 cancelled out the unluckiness of the previous 13. So Friday the 13th is cancelled out by the 13 (as in 1pm). And the 13th minute is cancelled out by the age of the boy. C'mon, it's pretty rudimentary science, people.