A college student in Ohio is recovering after being struck by lightning on the campus of the University of Dayton Wednesday night.
According to WHIO, the student, who is not being identified, was not conscious before emergency crews arrived on scene.
The caller tells a dispatcher that the victim was “not moving at all,” according to a recording of the conversation.
He then said the student was “not responding” as someone performed chest compressions.
The dispatcher asked to be put on speaker phone and gave instructions on how to perform CPR.
The caller said he was parking his car when, “I saw him running and I saw the lightning come down and I saw him hit the ground.”
The student was conscious when rescue workers took him to the hospital.
District Chief Joe Meyer said it is a miracle.
UD student Michael Jacob said was studying in a nearby building when he heard a loud clap of thunder, then heard sirens from fire trucks, ambulances and police.
Jacob said he looked out of a window and saw them gathered around, in a cluster, in the center of the parking lot where the student was struck.
William Fischer, vice president for student development at the university, asked students, faculty and staff to pray for the student, his family and friends.
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