Excerpt from
THE HANDBOOK FOR LIGHTNING STRIKE
SURVIVORS
Danny Jones, pitcher for the Jolly Indians, stood under a tree with the rest of his team waiting out a rain delay when lightning struck the tree. Danny and his teammates were rushed to the emergency room. Danny remained conscious, saying, “It felt like a train hit me. Everything was white and loud.” For two days, Danny was numb from the waist down. Skipper McAdams and Jackson Feeley died.
Danny, in addition to suffering anxiety, also suffers survivor’s guilt.
According to Danny, “We [he and his former teammates] don’t talk about what happened. We just can’t.”