Lightning Zaps Counsellor; Youth Centre Worker Gets Kids to Safety

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"Every muscle aches... I must have tensed up when the electricity went through me," said [Emil Delnea], who has worked at the centre for 14 years. "I'm stiff and very tired, but there's no burns. I'm very grateful for being alive today."

"It came up quickly," said Delnea, 40. "I heard a big boom and saw the bolt shoot from the sky and right to the ground ...it was like a scene from War of the Worlds.

His heart racing and his breathing erratic, Delnea collected himself and guided the girls into the cafeteria building before collapsing on the steps. "The ground was still shaking like a train was going by," he said. "I felt like more of the lightning was going to come out of the ground, and I wanted them off that grass and inside."

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Lightning Zaps Counsellor; Youth Centre Worker Gets Kids to Safety

By Jason Bell

A juvenile counsellor at the Manitoba Youth Centre ushered six female inmates to safety just seconds after he was jolted by a lightning bolt.

Resting not-so-comfortably at...

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