Two National Guardsmen were taken to the hospital after lightning struck near where they were standing outside of the White House.
The lightning struck near Lafayette Square as a particularly violent round of thunderstorms rolled through Washington, D.C., on Thursday. The National Guard had been deployed to provide security at the “Justice For George Floyd” protests, according to the Washington Post. The two were taken to the hospital with non-life-threatening injuries.
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