Lightning strikes 77 army cadets on Mississippi military base
A lightning strike at a southern Mississippi military base injured a troop of cadets, with 77 of them sent to hospital.
The cadets, enrolled in the Air Force Reserve Officer Training Corps at Camp Shelby in Hattiesburg were admitted after a bolt struck during a severe thunderstorm.
Two cadets were transported by ambulance and the rest by bus.
All were "very responsive and in stable condition," said Mississippi Army National Guard Major Deidre Musgrave.
She said they were taken to the hospital for precautionary evaluation.
The cadets are stationed for two weeks at Camp Shelby, where a simulated forward operating base prepares them for the conditions in Iraq and Afghanistan, Major Musgrave said.
(source:.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/northamerica/usa/8565034/Lightning-strikes-77-army-cadets-on-Mississippi-military-base.html)
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