{"id":85015,"date":"2026-07-30T08:25:28","date_gmt":"2026-07-30T12:25:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/?p=85015"},"modified":"2026-07-30T08:25:28","modified_gmt":"2026-07-30T12:25:28","slug":"hero-boy-15-killed-by-lightning-strike-sacrificed-himself-to-save-younger-brothers-life-stricken-family-says","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/hero-boy-15-killed-by-lightning-strike-sacrificed-himself-to-save-younger-brothers-life-stricken-family-says\/","title":{"rendered":"Hero Boy, 15, Killed By Lightning Strike Sacrificed Himself To Save Younger Brother&#8217;s Life, Stricken Family Says"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>From <em>Daily Mail (caution: tabloid):<\/em><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.com\/1s\/2026\/07\/29\/19\/110328441-16014385-The_two_brothers_were_hiking_with_two_adult_males_who_also_suffe-a-2_1785349609718.jpg\" alt=\"The two brothers were hiking with two adult males who also suffered minor injuries but were not taken to hospital\" width=\"211\" height=\"329\" \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">A\u00a0<span data-track-module=\"internal-body-link\"><a id=\"mol-0d3d6a10-8b71-11f1-8ec2-399a9e187942\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.com\/news\/colorado\/index.html\" target=\"_self\">Colorado<\/a><\/span>\u00a0teenager was killed in a lightning strike after sacrificing himself to save his younger brother, his family said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Levi Strobel, 15, died on Sunday at the summit of Mount Blue Sky in the Centennial State when he was hit by a bolt of electricity during a storm.\u00a0\u00a0According to his family, he died saving his younger brother Jace, 13, who was also injured in the strike that claimed the life of the boy.\u00a0Levi&#8217;s family said in a statement: &#8216;Levi was deeply loved as a son, brother, family member, and friend.\u00a0\u00a0&#8216;He brought immeasurable joy into the world and into the lives of everyone who knew him. &#8216;That joy was rooted in his relationship with Jesus Christ and nurtured by the deep love he shared with his family.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>From Daily Mail (caution: tabloid): A\u00a0Colorado\u00a0teenager was killed in a lightning strike after sacrificing himself to save his younger brother,.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-85015","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-news","7":"entry"},"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/85015","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=85015"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/85015\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":85016,"href":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/85015\/revisions\/85016"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=85015"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=85015"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=85015"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}