AUSTRALIA: TWO BRITISH TOURISTS SURVIVE BEING STRUCK BY LIGHTNING

Record ID: 960213

  • Title: AUSTRALIA: TWO BRITISH TOURISTS SURVIVE BEING STRUCK BY LIGHTNING
  • Date: 6th December 2003
  • Summary: (W3) BLUE MOUNTAINS, AUSTRALIA (DECEMBER 4, 2003) (TEN NETWORK - NO ACCESS AUSTRALIA/INTERNET) 1. MV BRITISH TOURISTS ADAM KESEK AND GEORGINA FULHAM IN HOSPITAL; SCU HOLDING HANDS 0.05 2. (SOUNDBITE) (English) BRITISH TOURIST ADAM KESEK SAYING "I'm just glad to be alive but it's the aftermath, just dealing with 'we've survived that', it's incredible." 0.14 (W3) BLUE MOUNTAINS, AUSTRALIA (DECEMBER 3, 2003) (TEN NETWORK - NO ACCESS AUSTRALIA/INTERNET) 3. MV COUPLE AFTER BEING HIT BY LIGHTNING; GV BLUE MOUNTAINS; SLV STORM 0.24 (W3) BLUE MOUNTAINS, AUSTRALIA (DECEMBER 4, 2003) (TEN NETWORK - NO ACCESS AUSTRALIA/INTERNET) 4. (SOUNDBITE) (English) BRITISH TOURIST GEORGINA FULHAM SAYING: "Massive amounts of dust hit us. I didn't have any control over my body. I felt like I'd been thrown up in the air." 0.36 (W3) BLUE MOUNTAINS, AUSTRALIA (DECEMBER 3, 2003) (TEN NETWORK - NO ACCESS AUSTRALIA/INTERNET) 5. MV /SLV ADAM BEING TAKEN ON STRETCHER BY AMBULANCE CREWS 0.41 (W3) BLUE MOUNTAINS, AUSTRALIA (DECEMBER 4, 2003) (TEN NETWORK - NO ACCESS AUSTRALIA/INTERNET) 6. (SOUNDBITE) (English) FELLOW BUSHWALKER RUTH SIMMONDS SAYING: "We just thought he was dead and I thought this is almost useless. But we gave it a go and pumped a couple of times and he seemed to sort of come to." 0.49 (W3) BLUE MOUNTAINS, AUSTRALIA (DECEMBER 3, 2003) (TEN NETWORK - NO ACCESS AUSTRALIA/INTERNET) 7. SCU PEOPLE BEING TREATED AFTER LIGHTNING STRIKE IN BLUE MOUNTAINS 0.57 Initials Script is copyright Reuters Limited. All rights reserved
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  • Location: BLUE MOUNTAINS, AUSTRALIA
  • Country: Australia
  • Reuters ID: LVA5WGRKC9X2E0N5SWHRC2PDFJ6F
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