World

Teen Wearing Chain Necklace Struck by Lightning in Central Park

Police respond after a person was reported to have been struck by lightning at the East Meadow of Central Park in Manhattan, New York City, on Thursday, June 19, 2025.
/ Gardiner Anderson//Tribune News Service via Getty Images

A 15-year-old boy was hit by lightning Thursday after the tree he was leaning against in New York City’s Central Park was struck and the current transferred to a chain necklace he was wearing. The boy had taken shelter from a thunderstorm under the tree while his friends sat on the grass nearby, a witness told The New York Times. The force of the lightning knocked him to the ground. As he lay unmoving, his friends called frantically for help and tried to revive him. Fortunately, though, the boy survived, suffering only minor burns, a law enforcement official said. He was taken to New York-Presbyterian Hospital/Weill Cornell Medical Center and listed in stable condition. Lightning is among the leading causes of weather-related death in the U.S., with an average of 27 deaths per year between 2009 and 2018. Perhaps surprisingly, however, about 90 percent of people who are hit by lightning survive.

Read it at The New York Times

Read more at The Daily Beast.

Related posts

Donald Trump’s Trade War Pain Just Gets Worse and Worse

Daily Reporter

Selena Gomez Makes Subtle Dig At Emilia Pérez Co-Star

Daily Reporter

Cops Say Arson Suspect Plotted to Beat Shapiro With a Hammer

Daily Reporter

Leave a Comment