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Islamorada fishing captain survives lightning strike on his boat

Islamorada fishing guide Rick Stanczyk, 44, is back on the water after a lightning strike in August left him in a medically induced coma.

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A well-known Florida Keys fishing guide is back on the water after being struck by lightning during a bonefishing trip in August. Rick Stanczyk, 44, whose family owns Bud N’ Mary’s Marina in Islamorada, told Local 10 News that he remembers nothing from that day.

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