COBB COUNTY, Ga. — It was an emotional reunion months in the making for a woman who says it is a miracle that she is alive.
First responders saved Mary “Jeanne” Menna after she was struck by lightning outside St. Joseph Catholic Church in Cobb County.
She met with them at that same church Monday, 54 days after it happened, Channel 2’s Cory James reports.
Video captured the life-threatening moment. On May 6, she was opening her car door when the lightning hit her and a nearby tree.
“Lightning split the tree. The rain was very heavy; it was thunder, lightning. I was deceased,” she said.
Marietta Police say the Kennesaw woman was not breathing and had no pulse.
Multiple agencies, including Marietta Police and Marietta Fire, raced there within minutes to do CPR.
“One of the biggest challenges is it was raining so bad, so we had to get her out of the rain and into the ambulance,” said Marietta Fire Assistant Chief Kevin Gerhard. “Fortunately, Kennestone was not that far away, but they were ready for her.”
Menna said all glory to God. That’s the only explanation she has to surviving.
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