Doctors Reduce Sedation on 16-Year-old Scout Struck by Lightning on Monte Livata

The teenager was hit during a camp on the mountain, east of Rome, and was airlifted to the hospital. His fellow scouts from the Roma 70 group have returned to Rome and gathered at the San Saturnino parish oratory, where they are processing the shock. We are all still shaken, one said.

The group has been moving equipment, including chestnut poles for camp tables and tent platforms, back into the scout headquarters. The boy's condition remains critical but stable as doctors monitor his responses after reducing sedation.