A 15-year-old New York City teen who was struck by lightning in Central Park has opened up on the incident, indicating that he feels “lucky” the electric shock didn’t cause him too much harm.
High school sophomore Yassin Khalifa told ABC 7 News from his hospital bed that on Thursday afternoon, he was enjoying a picnic with his friends in the park’s East Meadow when they saw the black storm clouds arriving.
Khalifa stated that he leaned up against a tree to get out of the rain and suggested they “ride it out” — which, he recalled, “might not have been the best idea.”…