iPod Saves Lightning Strike Victim

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(June 19) -- Sophie Frost was lucky to receive an ipod from her grandmother, not just for enjoying tunes on the go but for saving her life several days later when she was struck by a powerful bolt of lightning.
The 14-year-old British girl was hit by a 300,000-volt bolt while she and her boyfriend were standing underneath a tree. Although the impact knocked them both out and left them with minor burns, the electricity was diverted away from her vital organs, the Daily Mail reported.
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Experts credit her survival to the fact that the headphones to her digital music player were hanging from her clothes, away from her body.
Physicians also attribute her good fortune to her boyfriend, Mason Billington, 14, who was holding her hand at the time and thus diluted some of the powerful current.
"I'm doing OK. I'm doing well," Frost told the Daily Mail. "I've had a few burns down my body but it's all healing OK."
For more on this story, check out the Daily Mail.
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wildkittenlover1

10:20 PMJun 20 2009

lisen for all u who r calling us Jesus Freaks bad names. One day u will have to face GOD. If u don't ask him into your heart right now u will not be going to heaven. So maybe u shouldn't be talking about us Jesus Freaks because we will be going to a much better place then u. So what if I am a Jesus Freak. Just like the song by TobyMac called Jesus Freak, "I don't really care if u label me a Jesus Freak there ain't no desquising the truth." Now if u read this maybe one day I will see u up in heaven. And to all u who did defend GOD I hope I see u one day up in heaven!

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Black2Deep

10:19 PMJun 20 2009

SupremeGzus 10:17 PMJun 20 2009 you dont stand under a tree during a lighting storm=====================They are Britts, they are born looking for a place to die.

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Paigeperfect801

10:19 PMJun 20 2009

watch apple turn this into a marketing campaign...depressing

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Lionhart40

10:19 PMJun 20 2009

I wonder what would happen if she were giving head. Would it be like fireworks in a movie at that moment? LOLSorry.... I need to stay away from beer...

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Jrodwlk

10:19 PMJun 20 2009

What if she had a zune?

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Cippymatt94

10:18 PMJun 20 2009

you dont stand under a tree during a lighting storm

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Pete galati

10:18 PMJun 20 2009

theres always some idiots out there that don't believe things when they happen,until it happens to them.so beware you stupid nonbelievers.i wouldn't wish anything like that to happen to anyone even if i didn't like them.she could have been wearing any product but it still would have happened.thinking apple would have claimed this incident is a sorry excuse not to believe the facts

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Black2Deep

10:17 PMJun 20 2009

300,000 volts? Aer they sure? Maybe it was 300,001 volts.

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SupremeGzus

10:17 PMJun 20 2009

you dont stand under a tree during a lighting storm

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Blondey56342

10:16 PMJun 20 2009

WallflowerTea (wallow) I mean if you don't believe in religion like most ppl fine by why are u bringing it up?

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