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'No pulse': Florida father, son live to tell a miracle lightning tale


His dad was dead and Matthew Anderson was face down in the sand struggling to move. 
He doesn’t know how long he was unconscious – a few seconds, maybe a minute – but when his brain blinked on again like a fuzzy radio channel, Anderson knew something was off. He tried to stand, making it to his hands and knees before falling over like a wobbly boxer trying to get up after a near-knockout punch.  
It was a Sunday afternoon in June and Anderson, 32, and his father, 64-year-old Mark Johnson, had just packed up their fishing gear after spotting a summer thunderstorm bubbling to their north near Stuart. The duo, both of Hobe Sound, stuck close to the water walking back to the parking lot on Jupiter Island to avoid sand that was too hot for bare feet.   ....

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