The survivor of a lightning strike in Georgia's Batumi described the moment itself from his hospital bed on Friday.
"I thought, that's it, white light, nothing's moving. I was like, 'How could it be? What happened? Am I dead now? <...> I couldn't see anything, couldn't move. And after a second or two, I heard voices. It was my brother and my best friend," explained Pavel.
Footage shows the instant lightning struck the 32-year-old tourist, as well as Pavel's injuries, including burns to his shoulders.
He was on holiday in Batumi with his brother and a friend, and was filming a video of them dancing on a pier.
According to the head of the surgical department of Batumi Republican Clinical Hospital Vazha Tevdoradze, Pavel received second and third degree burns.
"Fortunately, this electric charge appears to have travelled shallowly through his body, so there was no fatality. <...> I had to deal with a lightning strike, a burn, face-to-face for the first time. We know in theory what it is, but practically, of course, it is a very rare case; as they say, when a live person is delivered after being struck by lightning, they are lucky, I think," the doctor added.
Pavel is expected to stay on the ward for at least a week, and will need around two months of specialist care after being discharged.
'Am I dead?!' - Lightning survivor in Batumi on first moments after strike
The survivor of a lightning strike in Georgia's Batumi described the moment itself from his hospital bed on Friday.
"I thought, that's it, white light, nothing's moving. I was like, 'How could it be? What happened? Am I dead now? <...> I couldn't see anything, couldn't move. And after a second or two, I heard voices. It was my brother and my best friend," explained Pavel.
Footage shows the instant lightning struck the 32-year-old tourist, as well as Pavel's injuries, including burns to his shoulders.
He was on holiday in Batumi with his brother and a friend, and was filming a video of them dancing on a pier.
According to the head of the surgical department of Batumi Republican Clinical Hospital Vazha Tevdoradze, Pavel received second and third degree burns.
"Fortunately, this electric charge appears to have travelled shallowly through his body, so there was no fatality. <...> I had to deal with a lightning strike, a burn, face-to-face for the first time. We know in theory what it is, but practically, of course, it is a very rare case; as they say, when a live person is delivered after being struck by lightning, they are lucky, I think," the doctor added.
Pavel is expected to stay on the ward for at least a week, and will need around two months of specialist care after being discharged.
The survivor of a lightning strike in Georgia's Batumi described the moment itself from his hospital bed on Friday.
"I thought, that's it, white light, nothing's moving. I was like, 'How could it be? What happened? Am I dead now? <...> I couldn't see anything, couldn't move. And after a second or two, I heard voices. It was my brother and my best friend," explained Pavel.
Footage shows the instant lightning struck the 32-year-old tourist, as well as Pavel's injuries, including burns to his shoulders.
He was on holiday in Batumi with his brother and a friend, and was filming a video of them dancing on a pier.
According to the head of the surgical department of Batumi Republican Clinical Hospital Vazha Tevdoradze, Pavel received second and third degree burns.
"Fortunately, this electric charge appears to have travelled shallowly through his body, so there was no fatality. <...> I had to deal with a lightning strike, a burn, face-to-face for the first time. We know in theory what it is, but practically, of course, it is a very rare case; as they say, when a live person is delivered after being struck by lightning, they are lucky, I think," the doctor added.
Pavel is expected to stay on the ward for at least a week, and will need around two months of specialist care after being discharged.