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Surveillance video shows moment lightning strikes worker at Fort Myers airport

Posted at 8:04 AM, Aug 03, 2017
and last updated 2017-08-03 09:31:04-04

LEE COUNTY, Fla. -- Dramatic surveillance video shows the moment lightning strikes an employee at Southwest Florida International Airport.

It happened back on July 22nd.

In the video, you can see the lightning bolt strike the plane, then travel from the plane's fuselage to Austin Dunn, knocking him to the ground, giving him third-degree burns.

Dunn was released from the hospital Tuesday.

The Lee County Port Authority says the airport's lightning-alert system did go off.