>> few people know what it feels like to come in contact with lightning. but another person who can relate is sam hall. >> to get hit by lightning, the feeling is -- it's pretty much undescribable because it happened so fast. you just feel the rush. you feel the current travel through your body. i was worried that i would be might have been paralyzed. >> barker, new york. for sam and his girlfriend, kim fen, october 3rd, 2008, began as an ordinary day. they were unfazed by the darkening skies above. >> we get a lot of rain around here, so you really don't think much about the skies. >> we had some errands to do, so we jumped into the truck and we were coming back to get gas. this is the gas station we got it here. >> this is the station we were at. >> you want to go in there? >> pump number three. >> pump number three it is.