[Right Wing Assault]

It might well have diverted some of the discharge around instead of through her body, but the amount of energy in a bolt of lightning is far exceeds the ability of a small strand of wire to divert it. At least IMHO.

As someone else mentioned, the wire was vaporized. No more wire. The cloud of metal ions is a pretty good conductor. Remember, that lightning bolt just went through maybe a couple miles of air. Air is a lousy conductor, so how does that happen? The atoms in the air are highly ionized and become a pretty good conductor, but not as good as the vaporized copper. Another thing, if the kids were soaking wet, the layer of water on their clothes and bodies would be a decent conductor and also divert some of the current.

[N3WBI3]

and they are right but to say ‘it was not the wire that saved here it was the vaporized wire’ is being jut a bit too picky don’t you think?

There is no doubt the wire did not survive the ordeal..