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He Was Left Extremely Thor

Josiah Wiedman, 13, headed toward his El Mirage, Ariz., home because it was starting to rain — and was hit by lightning. “As we were walking, I got struck,” he said later, “sending me 9 feet into the air, making me bounce on my head and then flip over to my back.” The jolt also stopped his heart, and Cory Cieszynsky, who lives nearby, ran over and did CPR until medics arrived. The boy was hospitalized for five days, but is expected to fully recover. “I was dead for, like, 15 minutes!” he says. “Dang. I beat death.” Yet he’s disappointed so far: he’s waiting for the “superpowers” he expects from the lightning to kick in anytime. “I haven’t felt my powers yet,” he told a reporter, “but I will soon.” (RC/KSAZ Phoenix, ABC) ...The real superpower in this story already manifested: Cieszynsky’s.