Metro Atlanta child with special needs, family struggles after lightning strike damages home

A Cherokee County family is working to get back on their feet after lightning struck their home during storms Friday, setting the house on fire.

At the time, a mother, Patti Carter, and her daughter Carly were inside.

“My younger sister Carly, she’s actually on a feeding pump plugged into the wall. My mom noticed the storm was getting worse, so she unplugged her. A few seconds later she heard the loudest boom she has ever heard in her life,” said daughter Kerrison Carter…

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