What it’s like to be struck by lightning - People Got Struck By Lightning And Survived

He was lucky to be surrounded by people who were able to help. "As luck had it, all of the cadets knew CPR. One of the first people down there was my son. The first responders then worked on me for 20 minutes." More than three-quarters of lightning survivors suffer some form of permanent disability. For Brocklebank, the consequences, four years after the strike, are both physical and mental.