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Video: Runway worker struck by lightning at Florida airport

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Airport surveillance video captured an airport ground worker getting struck by lightning on the runway at Southwest Florida International Airport.

21-year-old Eric Dunn was released from the hospital on Wednesday morning after suffering third-degree burns on his body.

NBC2 obtained video of the horrific July 22 incident, which shows Dunn wearing an orange vest working under a Sun County plane's wing.  A bolt of lightning then strikes the plane's tail and travels through Dunn, causing him to collapse immediately, NBC2 reports.

Co-workers who witnessed the strike are seen panicking and calling for help.

Airport officials told NBC2 that their lightning warning system got activated when Dunn was struck.

Dunn is “recovering as best as he can,” according to NBC2.