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The Guardian - US
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Ramon Antonio Vargas

US man says ‘hold tight’ to loved ones after wife and toddler killed by lightning

lightning strikes over ocean in dark, brownish sky
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has calculated that there are about 37m lightning strikes in the US annually. Photograph: Dawna Moore/Alamy

A Florida man whose wife and toddler daughter were killed by a lightning strike while he was near them recently has implored people to “hold … tight” to their loved ones.

Kameron Glasgow made that arresting remark to local media at a weekend gathering honoring the memories of his wife, Kenya, and two-year-old daughter Kennedi after they died on 23 August from an exceedingly rare cause.

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