Girl killed by lightning moments before boyfriend proposed
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[quote]A grieving fiancé has spoken of his grief after his girlfriend was struck and killed by lightning as he was about to propose.
Richard Butler was able to slip the engagement ring on his girlfriend's finger as paramedics battled to save her life.
But they were unable to save 25-year-old Bethany Lott, who had been struck twice by bolts of lightning as she hiked with her boyfriend in the mountains of North Carolina.
Mr Butler, who suffered burns in the strike, said he had been minutes away from proposing to his girlfriend of a year when tragedy struck.
He said: 'The lightning came on quick, a matter of a minute.
'Her final words, she turned and looked at me and said: "Baby, look, isn't it so beautiful."'
Mr Butler said his girlfriend had no idea he was about to propose as they set out for a walk in a mountainous area near Asheville, North Carolina, called Max Patch Bald.
He said the weather was fine as they set out on the three-mile hike to the summit.
As the couple, from Knoxville, Tennessee, walked towards the top of the peak they were hit by three lightning strikes.
Ms Lott was thrown off her feet while Butler said his walking shoes caught fire.
'I was spun 180 degrees and thrown several feet back,' he said.
'My legs turned to jelly, my shoes were smoking and the bottom of my feet felt like they were on fire.
'She didn't say anything, and I turned around and she was laying a few feet away, and I crawled to her.
'I did CPR for probably 15 minutes and the whole time was trying her cell phone, but I couldn't get anything out.'
Mr Butler said he tried to drag his girlfriend down the hill but the lightning strike had left him too weak.
He ran to his car and drove to the nearest house to raise the alarm. Paramedics also responded to the scene and battled to save Ms Lott.
But as an hour had elapsed from the time of the strike she was already dead.
Mr Butler said the paramedics allowed him to kneel by his girlfriend's body and slip the engagement ring on her finger.
He said Lott had wanted to take him to Max Patch since they first started dating.
'She asked me about a week ago if I wanted to go up there, and I said yes,' he said.
'She told me she would like to get married there.'
Ms Lott had hoped to become a Park Ranger after completing college.
In an email to the local paper in Asheville, Mr Butler spoke about his fiancée.
He said: 'I wanted to let the world know a few things. The woman in this story was about ten minutes from becoming my fiancée.
'Her name was Bethany Lott but she wanted to be Bethany Butler. She was the most vibrant, amazing person I've ever known.
'I have never imagined a kinder soul or a bigger heart.'
[B]SOURCE: [url]http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/worldnews/article-1285042/Lightning-kills-US-woman-fiance-proposed.html[/url][/B][/quote]
This man has some [i]MAJOR[/i] bad luck.
Poor guy.
That fucking lightning was every where.
Must have been a shocking proposal.
Sucks to be the boyfriend though.
And you thought you had a shitty day.
I guess their personalities caused a spark
Zing
First Jesus, now this.
God is angry!
:gonk:
In before 2012 lightning apocalypse.
That poor, poor guy. I couldn't imagine how much that'd suck.
Fuck nature. Fuck it.
fucking nature, how do they work?
damn god is getting better at bowling, 2 [i]strikes[/i]? hot damn!
:(
I propose we advise the public on the dangers of lightning
Wow that's just horrible. I feel for the poor guy. :frown:
I bet she was able to drive any train, anywhere. She's clearly an awesome conductor.
Nature strikes again
Man if that'd happened to me I'd be pissed off. Also sad as fucking hell.
Anyone who makes a pun or joke from now on is a heartless cretin.
It seems he was saved.
Proposing after being together for one year? He really was saved.
God: FUCK NO, THIS AIN'T HAPPENING ON MY WATCH! *hurls lightning*
[QUOTE=cloud_strife;22648928]Proposing after being together for one year? He really was saved.[/QUOTE]
She probably could've been a psycho bitch after a little devil pops out of her, who knows?
Or a very nice person.
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[B]LOL[/B] good one dad
That fucking SUCKS.
Richard Butler was able to slip the engagement ring on his girlfriend's finger as paramedics battled to save her life.
Err, what if she was gonna say no?
I guess you could say she was love struck.
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zeus is angry
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again
What a shocking story.
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