00:43 Lucky to Be Alive After Lightning Strike The owner of an auto repair shop in Rochester, New York, is lucky to be alive after lighting struck the sidewalk outside the shop and then traveled inside where he was sitting.

At a Glance A Rochester, New York, man said he was struck by lightning while inside his office at the auto shop he owns.

Nick Gemayel was treated for injuries after a lightning bolt struck the sidewalk and traveled inside his office.

It's important to take shelter when lightning is present nearby, but for one New York man, even that wasn't enough on Monday.

Nick Gemayel was inside his office at the auto shop he owns in Rochester when a lightning bolt struck the sidewalk outside the garage and then traveled inside the building , he told WHEC.com. Inside the garage, electrical wiring was fried and Gemayel was injured, taken to the hospital and released a day later, the report added.

"My muscles started contracting and tensing," Gemayel told WHEC. "And very foggy thinking. I started to feel very strange. Then my hand started to blister … You don't feel like yourself."

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AutoWerks manager Ryan Davis was standing outside the garage when the lightning bolt struck the sidewalk and the building, but he told the Associated Press he wasn't injured.

"It was just a big, bold, flash-boom, and then I turned around and went the other way," Davis told WHEC. "I didn't want to get any closer to it."

Gemayel said he plans to take a few days off from work and then will begin to make repairs on the business's damaged wiring.

While taking shelter from a thunderstorm can be a life-saving decision, additional steps can be taken to avoid a lightning strike. NOAA recommends staying off phones, computers or other electronics during the storm, and avoid plumbing, as electricity can travel through water.

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