Overview

• Lisa Henderson was struck by lightning inside her Russellville, Alabama, bedroom on July 2 when a bolt entered the house wiring and surged up her arm via an outlet and phone charger.
• The 19-year-old, who survived a separate childhood lightning strike, felt immediate ringing in her ears and tingling along her right arm and shoulder.
• She suffered temporary memory loss during her ambulance ride, struggling to recall basic details such as her name and age.
• Doctors confirmed the current did not reach her heart, and she was released from the hospital on Monday with only minor arm and shoulder soreness.
• National Weather Service data show the lifetime odds of a lightning strike in the U.S. are about 1 in 15,300, with roughly 10 percent of victims killed.