(WSVN) – It was Emma Eggler’s first day of school and a traditional stroll to class grew to become shockingly nerve-wracking when she was struck by lightning.

“Loads of docs instructed me I can buy a lottery ticket as a result of I used to be fortunate,” mentioned Eggler.

The 18-year-old Alabama native was about to attend her major class on the College of West Florida (UWF) as a freshman, Monday.

Earlier than she knew it, a bolt of electrical energy entered her chest. The following factor she observed was her physique collapsed on the sidewalk as she awoke on the concrete pavement after the lightning struck.

“I didn’t really feel something, in any respect actually,” recalled Eggler. “I simply awoke on the bottom.”

Her shirt was torn in half, together with elements of the material melted and warped collectively.

“My shirt was like fully open, due to the lightning strike it melted to me,” mentioned Eggler.

The shockwave traveled to the left aspect of her physique which exploded her watch and burned her wrist. The electrical power reached her foot which burned a gap in her sock and sneaker.

“I used to be in a position to get my backpack off me,” Eggler remembered. “However I couldn’t really feel my legs in any respect, and I used to be scared I used to be paralyzed, and I used to be actually panicking.”

Nelson Libbert, a UWF senior, and different college students witnessed your entire ordeal; all of them managed to assist Eggler and perched her on a bench earlier than they known as 911.

Eggler was calmed down by Libbert’s supportive phrases.

“I’d be freaking out over this, however you, you’re so sturdy, you’re a powerful freshman,” Libbert spoke these phrases to Eggler. “I do know this can be a powerful first day, however imagine it or not, however you’re going to make it by means of this.”

Eggler was taken to Pensacola Hospital after which transferred to the College of Alabama Hospital in Birmingham.

Medical doctors instructed Eggler’s dad and mom that she was fortunate the bolt didn’t cease her coronary heart.

“We positively really feel like God carried out a miracle for her,” mentioned Eggler’s mom, Erin. “That’s the solely clarification for why she continues to be with us.”

The freshman school pupil has since been launched from the hospital. She has regained motion in her legs and is predicted to attend lessons subsequent week.

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