Lightning shock throws woman across room
WAKEFIELD, Mass. (UPI) -- A Massachusetts woman said she received a shock when she touched an iron after her house was struck by lightning. Jo Frechette, 55, of Wakefield, said she was preparing for work at about 7:30 a.m. Wednesday when she heard a strange sound that she later discovered was lightning striking her home, The Boston Globe reported. Frechette said she was thrown a distance of 6 feet when she placed her right hand on her iron. "Everything seemed to happen in such a flash second," Frechette said. She said she does not know whether the shock knocked her out, but she got off the ground when the phone rang and discovered she had "no feeling in my right arm and felt tingling all the way up to my face." Frechette said doctors told her the shock affected her right eardrum and equilibrium but expected her to make a full recovery within about 48 hours.
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