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| Russian tourist survives lightning strike (VIDEO) | Russian tourist survives lightning strike (VIDEO) |
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| The 32-year-old man was struck while recording a video on a pier in the Black Sea resort of Batumi | The 32-year-old man was struck while recording a video on a pier in the Black Sea resort of Batumi |
| A Russian tourist has survived a lightning strike in the Black Sea resort city of Batumi in Georgia. The man, named as 32-year-old Pavel Smirnov, is reportedly in hospital preparing to undergo an emergency operation. | A Russian tourist has survived a lightning strike in the Black Sea resort city of Batumi in Georgia. The man, named as 32-year-old Pavel Smirnov, is reportedly in hospital preparing to undergo an emergency operation. |
| Smirnov was on vacation with his brother and friends when they gathered on a pier to enjoy the sunset on Wednesday evening. | Smirnov was on vacation with his brother and friends when they gathered on a pier to enjoy the sunset on Wednesday evening. |
| In footage circulating online, Smirnov and another man are seen dancing, before he suddenly falls to the ground with his clothes on fire. Smirnov was reportedly rushed to a local hospital with burns to his stomach, back, and legs. | In footage circulating online, Smirnov and another man are seen dancing, before he suddenly falls to the ground with his clothes on fire. Smirnov was reportedly rushed to a local hospital with burns to his stomach, back, and legs. |
| Doctors described it as a “miracle” that Smirnov survived and did not receive the critical injuries typical of a powerful lightning strike. | |
| His condition is stable and he is under the supervision of a cardiologist, RT was informed by the hospital. | His condition is stable and he is under the supervision of a cardiologist, RT was informed by the hospital. |
| “The prognosis [for the operation] is most favorable, and therefore we think that he will be discharged in the coming days,” doctors said. | “The prognosis [for the operation] is most favorable, and therefore we think that he will be discharged in the coming days,” doctors said. |
| Smirnov does not have insurance and will have to pay for the treatment himself, the hospital said. | Smirnov does not have insurance and will have to pay for the treatment himself, the hospital said. |