He was playing PlayStation in his living room and was struck by lightning – The pictures from the hospital

No, he’s not Ben Franklin — nor Thor, he’s just a simple man who was playing at home on his playstation when he was struck by lightning. I wish it was Super hero… The reason for Aiden Rowan from the UK who was rushed to the emergency room last Monday after being hit by lightning while playing video games in his living room.

Aiden Rowan was playing in the PlayStation, when around 10:30 p.m. he heard a loud bang followed by a rumble of thunder. “Well, I’m not posting something for you guys, I had to share it because it’s crazy,” the 33-year-old wrote to his 13,900 Instagram followers. “There was a loud bang and after 5 hours in the hospital they confirmed that I had been hit LIGHTNING STRIKE through the open window! Never play games during a storm again. I’m fine, I’m just in a lot of pain, I have a headache and streaks on my arm,” he said.

Ironically, when he was struck, he was playing a game called ‘Stray’ and the player helps a stray cat that gets lost – in a storm, reports nypost. “It took about a minute to come to my senses, I felt very, very confused,” Rowan told Metro. “I went upstairs and asked my husband for one wet towel, as I didn’t know what had happened but my hand was burning.”

Rowan’s shocked husband, Aaron, immediately drove him to hospital. “We got to reception and Aiden said something had happened and it might have been lightning and everyone turned to look at me,” the husband said. “I was rushed into a room and told it looked like lightning. Nine doctors from different departments came to look at me and had me do cardiology examination and blood”. The 33-year-old’s doctors believe the lightning bolt bounced off the water and entered through the window due to the very hard ground from the recent heatwave the UK has experienced.

“We just couldn’t realize it at the time,” Rowan said. After a few days it started to affect me psychologically, realizing I could have died.” Eventually, he escaped with a few cuts on his left arm and a small one burn in his right hand.

Rowan’s friends, however, managed to find a bright side to it all. “My friends were very worried, especially in the early days, but once people realized I was fine, there were quite a few Thor jokes,” he joked. “This is the last time I play a cute cat game during one stormI think so!”

However, there is a disturbing trend lately of people getting struck by lightning. A 29-year-old bank executive from Los Angeles was the third dead by lightning near the White House. The deaths of three people were caught on camera during a deadly lightning strike near the White House in August alone. A fourth victim was hit, but ultimately lived, thanks to Dr.’s boots. Martens she was wearing.

Lightning strikes about 25 million times a year in the U.S., according to the National Weather Service, and kills an average of 47 people a year. “Although most lightning strikes occur in the summer, people can be struck any time of year,” according to the NWS.

Meanwhile, “most lightning fatalities occur at the beginning of an approaching storm while a significant number of lightning deaths occur after the storm has passed,” the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration said.

“If thunder is heard – then the storm is close enough for lightning to strike.”