Two young brothers were struck by lightning Wednesday afternoon while playing outside their home. Isaac Martinez, 7, and Jaden Alvarado, 13, are recovering at Cook Children’s Medical Center.
“It looked like fireworks were coming down the tree,” their mother Jessica Martinez Alvarado said. “I saw the boys lying on the ground when the fireworks stopped… I thought I had lost my boys. It’s the worst feeling ever. I would never wish that on anyone.”
Jessica said they were still trying to wrap their heads around what had happened. But the boys don’t even recall the incident, however, and are feeling well. She advises parents to not let their kids outside when it’s thundering. “I know it’s a one-in-a-million chance, but you never know, you might be that one. It was two for me. Be very, very careful with your babies. Make sure you hug them and kiss them and hold them tight,” Jessica stated., the medical director for pediatric emergency medicine at Cook’s, explained that parents need to be heedful of and have their children indoors during a severe weather threat or thunder and lightning.
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