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Rowing team member missing after Florida lightning strike

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ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — Officials say divers searched through the night for a student missing after a rowing team’s boat capsized in an Orlando lake following a nearby lightning strike. Medics took one child to a hospital and three others who were on the boat were sent home with their parents following the incident on Lake Fairview on Thursday evening. Orlando Fire Department Executive Deputy Chief Ian Davis said during a news conference that they’re not sure whether lightning hit the boat, or nearby. Dive teams from multiple agencies were searching a wide area for the missing student.

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