A freak lightening storm hit the Los Angeles area in July 2014, killing one man and injuring 13.
When a thunderstorm storm rolled in, skies darkened quickly and lightning strikes hit near the water's edge along the popular boardwalk and pier.
Two teen witness say they were in the ocean when they heard a vast explosion and the water stared churning. They ran out just in time to see a lifeless man on the shore break.
Nick Fagnano, 21, died at the scene.
A 57-year-old man on a golf course on nearby Santa Catalina island was also struck earlier in the day, but survived.
Lightening strikes in the Southern California area are exceptionally rare – the odds of being hit are 1 in 7.5 million in California compared to 1 in 600,000 in Florida. Experts say the storm materialized over the beach so rapidly and was so isolated that there was no way to predict it.
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