Harrowing 911 audio reveals final moments of young father struck and killed by lightning while running through Florida park during storm

A 911 caller watched successful scary arsenic a teenage begetter was struck by lightning during a large wind and abruptly fell to nan ground.

Ethan Lawrence, 19, was killed arsenic he ran crossed Vista View Park successful Davie, astir 11 miles southwest of Fort Lauderdale, Florida, connected June 30.

The caller precocious schoolhouse postgraduate and begetter of a six-month-old girl, was astatine nan parkland running, which was his passion, his father, Patrick Lawrence, wrote connected Facebook.

Emergency calls released this week uncover nan infinitesimal Ethan was deed by nan bolt of energy and instantly collapsed.

'I judge personification conscionable sewage struck by lightning up connected nan hill. I saw lightning strike, and personification conscionable fell down,' nan female told nan operator. 

'I was leaving and a large point of lightning came and I person not seen nan personification get up.'

The caller said she didn't spot nan lightning really deed him from wherever she was, but it was 'right connected him' nan instant earlier he fell.

'I was driving astatine nan bottommost of nan elevation to exit nan park, and a immense point of lightning came. I saw a feline stepping up connected nan elevation and past each nan abrupt he was for illustration down,' she said.

'It looked truthful scary and he just, nan personification conscionable went down connected nan ground.' 

Ethan's girlfriend, Andrea Lares, recalled nan her past moments him earlier he went connected nan run, contempt nan bad weather.

'I'm still successful shock, I'm still trying to process each of it, nan measurement it happened, successful a matter of seconds, he texted maine successful nan morning, "Good greeting love, I woke up precocious today,"' she told NBC.

'Last point he sent maine was a image of his baby.'

His mother, Lourdes Lawrence, added that she was grateful for nan clip she had pinch her son.

'We had an unbreakable bond, he would matter maine each greeting successful college, arsenic a assemblage student, "Good greeting momma, I'm connected my measurement to tally pinch nan team," "Hey mom, I'm backmost from moving pinch nan team, my legs consciousness for illustration bricks,"' she said.

Lawrence said he boy died 'doing what he loved,' and his decease collapsed nan hearts of his family.

'Pray for him and my family. We will miss him and ne'er hide nan astonishing 19 years he gave us. I will ne'er extremity loving you large guy!' he wrote connected Facebook.

The parkland was open, according to police. 

Lawrence was a freshman astatine Jacksonville University and earlier that, was a competitory Division 1 transverse state runner successful precocious school.

Sarah Ramsey Perry, who knew him and his family, wrote a tribute for him connected Facebook.

'Ethan Lawrence, a beautiful, smart, athletic, awesome young man mislaid his life today. He was retired running.... doing thing he perfectly loved erstwhile he sewage struck by lightning,' she wrote.

'Losing a kid Is nan perfectly worst symptom a mother tin endure!

'I cognize Ethan's mother Lourdes. She is an astonishing female and a awesome mom. Her kindness, emotion and support doing nan worst clip successful my life meant nan world to me. 

'I'm asking you each to opportunity prayers for her, Ethan and her family now to thief her done this astir heartbreaking clip successful her life.'