A Coquitlam, B.C. resident who was struck by lightning during Tuesday night’s storm managed to survive unscathed, and shared his incredible tale with CTV News.
Arman Shafazand, who was one of two people who survived lightning strikes overnight, was checking the roof of his family’s backyard bunny cage when he was hit.
“For a split second I could see all the light around my hand and even right through my left arm,” Shafazand said. “It felt like probably 10,000 pounds just nailed me onto the ground.”
His family rushed outside immediately, terrified that he had been killed.
“My mom ran out here and told my dad to come in and he was holding his head,” Shafazand’s daughter Nina said.
They called 911 while Shafazand screamed in pain for up to half an hour. He was rushed to hospital but after several hours and numerous tests, he was released – numb, but without a mark on him.
“Every doctor that came to see me last night, they told me, ‘Oh, you should go play 649,’” Shafaznad said.
Another man in South Surrey who was struck during the storm, which cut power to roughly 15,000 homes in the Lower Mainland, was taken to hospital and also appears to be in fair health.
With a report from CTV British Columbia’s Keri Adams
