A New York GOP Congressional staffer survived a lightning strike last week and lived to tell his story. Credit: NBC News YouTube screenshotA New York man received the literal shock of his life last week after being struck from the heavens and is living to tell about it.As The New York Post reported, Thomas Fahmy, a congressional staffer for Rep. Nicole Malliotakis (R-NY), was walking casually to the dentist on Staten Island when a sudden bolt of lightning emerged from out of nowhere and hit him.Fahmy collapsed to the ground in agony from the jolt. He was just feet away from his vehicle when the harrowing incident occurred.Unbelievably, he rose to his feet and slowly walked away. He ended up taking shelter inside a resident’s home.Footage of the incident, which occurred on August 27, was captured on camera and shared with multiple outlets, including NBC. WATCH:Stefanie Homan, the neighbor who kindly offered Fahmy shelter, shared more about her role. “I heard yelling, heard ‘help me, help me,’ so I ran to my door and saw him down here on the ground, so I got the phone and called 911,” she told WNBC.Fahmy spoke out about the incident in an interview with NBC Nightly News. “The first thing I saw was just a white flash,” he explained. “It felt like I was walking on balloons, really in pain.”“I felt a tingly feeling, it was a sensation I had never felt in my life,” Fahmy added. Fahmy was rushed to Northwell Staten Island University Hospital for minor injuries and remained there overnight for evaluation. But others have been far less lucky. NBC News notes that 13 people have been killed so far this year. This includes a Utah father who was jet skiing in Florida. Fahmy told NBC News he is perfectly aware of how fortunate he was to escape death and how precious life on Earth truly is. “It reminded me that life can go (snaps fingers) in a flash,” he stated. He later told WABC that he went to church on Sunday to say ‘thank you, God.’Malliotakis praised Fahmy and thanked the neighbor and the medical staff in a Facebook statement. “We are happy, grateful, and relieved that Thomas, a valued member of our Staten Island office, is alive and well after being struck by lightning last week,” she wrote. “We appreciate the good Samaritan and medical staff at Staten Island University Hospital who helped him get emergency care.”The post MIRACULOUS: NY GOP Congressional Staffer Gets Struck By Sudden Bolt of Lighting…And Somehow Lives to Tell His Story (VIDEO) appeared first on The Gateway Pundit.