A 16-year-old girl has died after she was struck by lightning while hunting with her father in Florida, officials say.
Baylee Holbrook and her father had been hunting on Tuesday when lightning “struck a tree, hitting them,” the Putnam County Sheriff’s Office said.
Her father lost consciousness and when he awoke he found his daughter was not breathing.
He called 911 and began CPR, and the teen was transported to HCA Florida Putnam Hospital in Palatka, where she was stabilized enough to be taken to a trauma center. She had been listed in critical condition on Wednesday.
On Thursday, the sheriff’s office said it learned that Baylee had “peacefully passed away” that morning surrounded by her family.
I am sad for her death. What horrible way to die. As a father of a 16 year old I hope this doesn’t happen to my kid.
My daughter asked me what my biggest fear was the other day. I said, “being alive after you die.”
I mean all things considered it was either painless or painful for a few moments at most.
Not the worst way to go.
Did you read the article? She died two days after the lightning strike.
No way for us to know, but it’s likely she was unconscious/braindead for those two days.
That was my assumption. Not breathing for an unknown amount of time following a lightning strike. I imagine it would be noteworthy for the article if she regained consciousness and later died.
Maybe if she was 80, but at 16 she lost out on most of her expected life.
‘Horrible way to die’ refers to method of death. It has nothing to do with age.
This is one of the reasons why I oppose hunting
I don’t necessarily condone it, but let’s be real, this incident had nothing to do with hunting. This essentially adds up to a freak accident
So was she struck by lightning or by a tree that was struck by lightning?
I think the tree fell on them, I don’t think they were burned at all. I could be completely wrong but that’s how I read it.
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“Handing you to your Heavenly Father today is something I thought I’d never do but something you’ve been preparing me to do all along. I have peace knowing your with HIM and you are able to change so many peoples lives,” he wrote.
Change so many people’s lives? What is he talking about?
Magic sky powers.
