Teen Survives Lightning Strike at Home

A teenager in Alabama experienced a shocking incident when lightning struck near her home, causing a temporary memory loss while she was using her phone during a thunderstorm on Sunday.

Lisa Henderson, 19, believed she was safe inside her Russellville house. As she lay in bed scrolling through social media, a bright flash caught her attention, followed by an intense shock that changed her day dramatically.

“I was watching a video when suddenly, something hit,” she recounted. “Then I heard a loud pop, and all I could hear afterward was ringing in my ears.”

In that moment, she felt a strange tingling sensation in her hand, which quickly spread to her arm and shoulder. It turned out that the lightning surged through an extension cord, reaching her via the charger connected to her phone.

“I feel lucky that I threw my phone away,” Henderson reflected. “If I hadn’t, I could have been electrocuted much more severely.”

Once the ambulance arrived and transported her to the hospital, Henderson found herself struggling to remember basic information about herself.

“I had difficulty telling them my name and almost misremembered my age as 18. It took me a moment to process,” she shared with a local news station.

Her fiancé, Connor Wellborn, mentioned that he noticed her “shaking” afterward, adding to the surreal nature of the situation. Thankfully, the couple is relieved that her positioning in bed minimized the lightning’s impact.

According to medical professionals, being on her right side lessened the current’s path toward her heart, which likely mitigated the damage.

“The doctors said if I had been smaller or lying on my left side, it might have been much worse for me,” Henderson noted.

This wasn’t her first encounter with lightning; she’s had experiences with it since she was a child and has dealt with recent anxiety. After everything that happened, she humorously told her family, “If you want to know how my day went, it was a shocking experience.”