A baby is recovering after initially being in crucial condition from a lightning strike close to Williams Park boat ramp in Riverview Thursday afternoon.
It occurred simply after 4 p.m. The youngster, named Levi, was boating together with his household when he was struck by lightning. The bolt knocked him off the boat, in response to household consultant Pastor Daniel Butson.
“The next 24-48 hours are critical to try and figure out what’s going to happen next, but as far as we know right now, he’s in fair condition. He’s responding and he’s doing pretty well,” stated Pastor Butson with FishHawk Fellowship Church.
ABC Action News Chief Meteorologist Denis Phillips stated a lightning detection community confirmed there was no rain on the ramp on the time the strike occurred. Philips stated rain was nonetheless 5 to 10 minutes out.
Pastor Butson stated Levi’s father jumped into the water to save lots of the boy. Good Samaritans picked up the duo and the daddy carried out CPR till first responders arrived.
“His parents did not know whether Levi was alive or not because they were behind the ambulance and so as time went on the news actually began to get better and better. You can imagine as a parent this is an absolute nightmare,” stated Pastor Butson.
Levi was taken to Tampa General Hospital. Pastor Butson stated 24 hours after the strike, the kid is in fair condition.
According to Pastor Butson, the household doesn’t want donations and is “thankful for all involved in helping them in the past 24 hours and thankful for all the prayers and support.
“This is what occurs when individuals go to the Lord. He needs to reply our prayers and we actually imagine God can do extra in 5 minutes of prayer than we are able to do in our lifetime of our personal effort and that is what we noticed on show in the previous 24 hours,” stated Pastor Butson.
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