Lone survivor of White House lightning strike says she is 'appreciating every moment' now in life

The 28-year-old woman who was the lone survivor of a lightning strike outside the White House that left three people dead in early August is now speaking out, saying that she is just "really appreciating every moment" and "you really don’t know when it’s going to be your last."

Amber Escudero-Kontostathis made the comment to Fox5 DC this week following the Aug. 4 lightning strike in Lafayette Park, which resulted in the deaths of James Mueller, 76, and Donna Mueller, 75 – a couple from Wisconsin – and Brooks Lambertson, a 29-year-old bank executive from Los Angeles.

"That’s what I’ve gained from it. Just really appreciating every moment, every interaction because you really don’t know when it's going to be your last one. And people say that all the time but, wow, could not be more true," Escudero-Kontostathis told the station.

The survivor said the lightning struck her on her birthday when she was supposed to be heading to a celebratory dinner.

Escudero-Kontostathis added that her doctors told her she really should not be able to walk or talk due to experiencing a period of time without oxygen heading to her brain, according to Fox5 DC.... (Read more)

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