Or perhaps he's just not meant to get a religious
education.
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Religious Book Seller Struck By Lightning
(CBS) HIALEAH A man making a trip from Puerto Rico to South Florida
to raise money for his religious education remains hospitalized
Monday after he was struck down by a bolt of lightning which flew
from clear blue sky on Sunday. He was selling religious materials
when he was hit.
Hailu Kidane Marian was working with members of his religious
group, selling religious materials door-to-door in a Northwest
Miami-Dade neighborhood, when the bolt from the blue struck him
down.
"I heard a boom, and I looked and the guy jumped back, and he just
laid there, stiff," said witness Maria Martinez.
Paramedics say Marian was not breathing and his heart was not
beating when they arrived, but they were able to revive him and
rushed him to Jackson Memorial hospital, where he was in critical
condition Sunday night.
Members of his religious group waited outside the hospital
throughout the night for word of his condition.
"He's unconscious, he's in a coma," said Francisco Perez, leader of
the Puerto Rico-based group. "It's difficult what happened, you
know, but what can we do? Things happen in life, but we still
believe in God."
This is the second incident in as many months of someone being
struck down by lightning from a clear sky in South Florida.
Last month David Canales, a gardener who worked in the Pinecrest
area, was killed when lightning apparently struck him from a
rainless sky. Two co-workers standing nearby were unhurt.
CBS Miami Meteorologist Jeff Berardelli said 'dry lightning', which
can strike even when the sky is clear, can be very dangerous
because victims are not expecting it and don't prepare as they
might with a storm threatening.
Measurement of lightning strikes in the area Sunday showed only a
few bolts compared to the last few days, making Marian especially
unlucky to be struck by one of them.
Nobody else was injured when the bolt flew from the sky.