Posted on 01/24/2021 11:50:46 PM PST by nickcarraway
They say lightning never strikes the same place twice, but maybe bad luck does.
Aumauinuuese Puni was suddenly struck by lightening while standing on a rooftop in April of 2020. He was on the roof of a building in Waikiki where he worked and doing a Facebook Live about the view of Diamond Head during some rainy weather.
At the start of his livestream, he briefly mentions the possibility of being struck by lightning while standing out in the open. Shortly after, Puni found himself in that exact situation when lightening struck his body causing him to drop his phone.
He said he felt the impacts for at least 15 minutes after and his sneaker were scorched.
Then in January, a family member’s co-worker was exposed to a person who tested positive for COVID-19. The entire family got tested and found that they all had contracted the virus, even Puni. The 51-year-old tested positive on Jan. 9 and within weeks found himself in the hospital battling COVID-19 complications.
After several days, Puni was released from the hospital. He urges everyone to do their part to stay safe and healthy.
He’s especially thankful to his wife Lelia Puni, Blaise Heneralau, his Aunt Elsie, Prior Vision and the Samoan Polynesian community.
You and Aumauinuuese should buy lottery tickets...
Not as lucky as the Japanese man, a resident of Nagasaki, who was in Hiroshima when the bomb was dropped on it, survived the blast and returned to Nagasaki only to survive the bomb that was dropped on Nagasaki.
There was a park ranger in Virginia who was struck by lightning 7 times during his lifetime. His name was Roy Sullivan and he committed suicide in 1983 at age 71.
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