There are a multitude of one-in-a-million chances deemed an impossibility by the public, yet two CHS students have made the impossible possible, as senior Lexie Varga and junior Dylan Corliss were struck by lightning. On Aug. 6, the weather forecast in Claremont was partly cloudy. As Corliss and Varga were walking hand in hand on Claremont Boulevard to the popular restaurant Legends, they were struck by lightning. The lightning struck Corliss on top of the head, traveled through his hand to Varga’s hand, and then exited out of her foot. The next thing they knew they were on the ground terrified with no idea as to what had just happened.

“It felt like I was getting hit over the head with a metal sheet,” Corliss said.

Their physician, Dr. Stefan Reynoso of Pomona Valley Hospital Medical Center, told CBS that if the couple had not been holding hands, one of them would have been severely injured. Dr. Reynoso continued to explain that the hand-holding helped to diffuse the electrical current that passed through their bodies saving them from any extreme danger.

CBS News calls their love “electric” to make their article sound more romantic and to make the reader’s heart skip a beat. However, Varga said that at no point in the interview did she or Corliss ever mention having an “electric love.”

Although Dr. Reynoso assured the young couple that their health was not in jeopardy after the incident, Varga has since experienced bouts of anxiety. On Sept. 3, CHS experienced a fire-alarm drill and Varga explained that the flashing lights made her a bit frightened due to the experience that had occurred not even a month earlier. Although Varga is well, she retains a small mark on her foot from where the lightning exited from her body and a bruise on her knee from when she fell.

Not having suffered from any extreme wounds, the couple is now doing well and has returned back to their normal lives. This incident brought them closer together; Corliss explained that he is thankful for his life, but more thankful for Varga. As for Varga, she feels the same way about the incident.

“We’re both really happy we’re okay and we both feared for each other more than ourselves,” Varga said.

Even though the incident was traumatizing, the couple have been coping well. They often joke about the incident, blaming the lightning for any unintelligent mistake they make. The couple now wears bracelets with a lightning bolt charm as a reminder of the crazy experience they both shared with one another.