Several days after receiving an iPod for her birthday, 14-year-old Sophie Frost, survived a terrifying lightning strike when the 300,000-volt surge travelled through the gadget’s wire, diverting it away from her vital organs.
She stopped under a tree with her boyfriend to get out of the rain. Their t-shirts and skin were singed from the strike.
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