https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hMCR9eEnRbQ

In this harrowing video, Joao Contreras Fuentes, a player for Sport Aguila, is struck by lightning right at the start of a Copa Peru match.

Peruvian media initially reported that Contreras died from the strike, but he is very much alive. A Peruvian website quoted him as saying “Gracias a Dios, he vuelto a vivir,” or roughly, “Thank God, I have returned to life.”

After the strike, which happens so fast the camera doesn’t even really pick it up, players from both teams surrounded the fallen player, then rushed him to the hospital. According to The Mirror, an assistant referee was also injured in the strike.

Let this be our daily reminder that we are just small, insignificant specks of dust that could be wiped from this earth at any moment.

(Thanks to Deadspin for sharing.)