A New Jersey woman is speaking out after her boyfriend was killed by lightning while trying to warn children at the beach of an approaching thunderstorm.
Patrick Dispoto, 59, and his girlfriend, Ruth Fussell, were leaving the beach at Seaside Park on Sunday when Dispoto went back to warn a group of kids in the water about the dangers of an impending lightning storm. It would be the last time Fussell would see him alive.
"He said, 'I'll be right back.' And I said, 'You have no business going back.' He says, 'I'm just going to warn these kids because the sky is gonna open. I'm just going to warn these kids. One minute.' And I said, 'No,'" Fussell said.
But apparently, Dispoto, in his heart, simply could not rest thinking about the kids he saw on the beach not leaving fast enough to beat the threat of the storm. After making sure Fussell was safe in his truck, he went back to warn them.
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