Local Lightning Strike Survivor Warns Others “Don’t Be A Florida Man”

People packed into Rizzotto’s Pizzeria to support Travis Kurtz. The 30-year-old property manager nearly died after getting hit by lightning last August in Seminole, Florida.

“Every single muscle in my body contracted… I couldn’t function… it was unbearable,” Kurtz told WSVN News.

That day, pizza shop owner Mark Rizzotto found Kurtz lying between an oak tree and mailbox during a light rain. Emergency crews had to restart his heart before rushing him to trauma care…

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