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TOP SURFER KATHERINE DIAZ KILLED BY LIGHTNING STRIKE During Ocean Training Session
https://www.tmz.com ^ | 3/22/2021 6:52 AM PT | Staff

Posted on 03/22/2021 12:06:57 PM PDT by Red Badger

Katherine Diaz -- one of El Salvador's top surfers -- died on Friday after she was hit in a lightning strike during a training session near her home.

The 22-year-old rising star -- who had been gunning to compete for El Salvador at the Olympics in Tokyo -- was surfing at a spot called El Tunco when the lightning storm hit.

Katherine's uncle Beto Diaz told a local media outlet his niece had gone to hug a friend she spotted at the surf spot when lightening struck.

"She, the friend, was thrown by the force of the lightening strike too, the board threw me back. Katherine died instantly."

Emergency personnel reportedly raced to the scene and scrambled to revive Diaz ... but it was too late.

Diaz was a rising star in the sport and beloved by the surf community in El Salvador.

She was expected to compete in the ISA World Surf Games in May -- the event is a qualifier for Olympics in Tokyo.

The International Surfing Association issued a statement on her death ... saying, "It is with a heavy heart that the ISA has learned about the passing of El Salvador’s Katherine Diaz."

"Katherine embodied the joy and energy that make surfing so special and dear to us all, as a global ambassador of the sport. She excelled at the international competition level, representing her country with pride at both the ISA World Surfing Games and ISA World Junior Surfing Championship."

"We send our heartfelt condolences to Katherine’s family, the surfers of El Salvador, and to all those in the international surfing community whose lives she touched."

"We will never forget you."

RIP.


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To: Hot Tabasco

(Thats free BTW)

41 posted on 03/22/2021 1:24:18 PM PDT by Magnum44 (...against all enemies, foreign and domestic...)
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To: Hot Tabasco

I didn’t post it. I was responding to your complaint.


42 posted on 03/22/2021 1:25:46 PM PDT by ProtectOurFreedom (The Weak Never Started, The Cowards fail along the way, Only the Strong Survive)
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To: Veggie Todd

That post is going to get a lot of resistance.


43 posted on 03/22/2021 1:27:20 PM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: ProtectOurFreedom

Yes, of course. One does not survive a bolt of lightning to one’s temple.


44 posted on 03/22/2021 1:27:36 PM PDT by 43north (Its hard to stop a man when he knows he's right and he keeps on comin'.)
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To: Hot Tabasco

I was OBVIOUSLY interested, or I wouldn’t have posted...sheesh.


45 posted on 03/22/2021 1:29:35 PM PDT by who knows what evil? (Yehovah saved more animals than people on the ark...siameserescue.org)
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To: Rummyfan
hold up your one-iron. Because even God cannot hit a one-iron.

Try to find one :)

46 posted on 03/22/2021 1:29:37 PM PDT by 1Old Pro
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To: dfwgator

47 posted on 03/22/2021 1:29:41 PM PDT by Magnum44 (...against all enemies, foreign and domestic...)
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To: Red Badger

Stupid should hurt; Darwin, etc.


48 posted on 03/22/2021 1:32:43 PM PDT by sasquatch
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To: Red Badger

Nothing about the weather report?.


49 posted on 03/22/2021 1:44:00 PM PDT by Vaduz (women and children to be impacIQ of chimpsted the most.)
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To: Red Badger
This post needs a soundtrack

And an editor. It's "lightning" not "lightening."

Sheesh. Journalism is a lost art.

50 posted on 03/22/2021 2:52:30 PM PDT by Disambiguator
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To: ProtectOurFreedom

Most likely. I’ve seen clear-air lightning way north along the semi-tropic north Gulf of Mexico.


51 posted on 03/22/2021 3:03:02 PM PDT by Jacquerie (ArticleVBlog.com)
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To: mabarker1
f'n mondays...


52 posted on 03/22/2021 3:14:08 PM PDT by Chode (Ashli Babbitt - #SayHerNAME)
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To: Red Badger

Was there a storm in the area?


53 posted on 03/22/2021 3:21:03 PM PDT by Exit148
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To: 1Old Pro

a little of both plus a snowmobile run to the bar for more beer


54 posted on 03/22/2021 4:11:14 PM PDT by markman46 (engage brain before using keyboard!!!)
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To: Red Badger

Lightning scored her as a 1.


55 posted on 03/22/2021 4:17:36 PM PDT by Stentor
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To: 43north

I live in South Jersey, we had a case where a guy was struck by lightning and died. Weird thing is his dad was killed by a lightning strike when he was a boy. Even weirder..during the thunderstorm his friends mentioned they should get out of the yard.. He told them, God wouldn’t do it again to me.


56 posted on 03/22/2021 4:34:55 PM PDT by mware (RETIRED)
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To: mware

Three summers ago a bolt of lightning hit the bare ground in my back yard here in the mountains of N. Idaho. THAT was freaky! I’ve seen bare ground strikes elsewhere in Idaho too. I wonder if there are iron rich rocks in those spots?


57 posted on 03/22/2021 5:50:36 PM PDT by 43north (Its hard to stop a man when he knows he's right and he keeps on comin'.)
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To: Red Badger

Olympics.. surfing?!


58 posted on 03/22/2021 6:44:05 PM PDT by Bikkuri (If you're conservative, you're an "extremist." If you're liberal, you're an "activist.")
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To: mware
I saw an Unsolved Mysteries episode that talked about a family where a lot of them were struck by lightning.
59 posted on 03/22/2021 8:46:53 PM PDT by Trillian
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To: Hot Tabasco

I’ve never snow skied, but I have friends that do. They do not like ‘snowboarders’ either...................


60 posted on 03/23/2021 5:00:32 AM PDT by Red Badger ("We've always been at war with Climate Change, Winston."..............................)
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