Teen hit by lightning in Seekonk

[Ian David]

SEEKONK, Mass. -- It was your typical summer afternoon in Seekonk, Joe Tammaro, 16, was chatting on his computer when he was struck by lightning.

"It was just raining I didn't hear anything, I heard two gunners I believe, like little gunners, then all of the sudden just crack," Tammaro said.

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Maybe god didn't appreciate what you were looking at online?

"The screen just shut off and I hear 'pughh,'" Tammaro said. "It felt like a big giant firework going off in my straight into my face, it just knocked me back into my chair."

"The keyboard blew out of his lap, zapped his leg and he got a large pain threw his leg, his toes were numb," Hahrnedy said.

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