Surveillance video form the airport shows the bolt of lightning first striking the tail of a Sun Country plane at Southwest Florida International Airport on July 22
The incident happened on Saturday, July 22 at Southwest Florida International Airport in the Fort Myers area.
Austin Dunn, 21, was working under the right wing of a Sun Country plane when a bolt of lightning strikes the aircraft's tail.
Immediately after, another flash of light is seen.
Surveillance video obtained by WBBH shows the bolt of lightning running down the aircraft and striking Dunn in the hand.
The bolt of electricity then makes its way to the front of the plane where it strikes 21-year-old Austin Dunn
Dunn was rushed to the hospital with third-degree burns all over his body and a bleeding brain.
He spent the last two weeks recovering in the hospital, but was finally released on Monday.
However, his family have said in posts on Facebook and GoFundMe that he has a long road of nerve-damage treatment ahead.
'Austin is sleeping a lot and mending physically and mentally, then Friday we start treatments up here in Tampa for his 3rd degree burns on his hand, and possible nerve damage surgery,' his father Kyle Dunn wrote on Tuesday.
'I'll put some pics out later of his damage and hospital stay, but gotta warn you the hand is bad! Not 4 the weak stomach! He has nerve damage down both legs where it also exited! Brain is staying stable and he is in lots of pain but also is alive and here to complain!'
Meanwhile, airport officials says that the lightning warning system was activated at the time that Dunn was shocked.
Dunn worked for an airport subcontractor, Navstar.
This young man will ALWAYS have something wrong with him because of this encounter with lightning.
DO NOT take lighting lightly folks... if it starts arcing up, get inside, and wait it out.
Safety of ones own self is paramount above work production.
I was lucky, the bolt only came close to me, did not actually hit me... but it still drove me into the ground like a pile driver, Cuts, bruises, and a very sprained wrist were my damages, all healed up fine. My friend got hurt worse, but again no contact with bolt of lightning.
If you ever have a close call with lightning like I did, it WILL cure you of complacency.. trust me.
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