The sole survivor of alightning strikethat killed three people near the White House earlier this month is speaking publicly for the first time about what happened.
Amber Escudero-Kontostathis, 28, toldGood Morning Americathat on Aug. 4, she had been canvassing outside the White House for a nonprofit organization called Threshold Giving when it started to rain. She took shelter under a tree in Lafayette Square with three other people.
“I don’t know why I survived,” Escudero-Kontostathis tearfully said during the interview. “I don’t feel good about being the only survivor, that’s for sure. I’m grateful, but I just don’t feel good about being the only one.”
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Escudero-Kontostathis suffered significant burns from the strikes, which she said traveled through the ground into her body,perGMA
The activist now requires a walker to move around.
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“You wake up and you think that you can just get up and go and brush your teeth or get a cup of coffee yourself and I can’t, my whole left side’s pretty charred,” Escudero-Kontostathis explained.
Lambertson, a vice president for City National Bank, was visiting the nation’s capital for business, according toCBS News. Meanwhile, the Muellers were in town to celebrate their 56th anniversary.
“They were a very loving couple,” niece Michelle McNett told theWisconsin State Journal. “They were very, very family-oriented. I think everyone’s just in shock right now.”
“I hope they weren’t there because of me,” she said.
source: people.com
