IT WAS A BEAUTIFUL DAY.

A BEAUTIFUL DAY.

I WAS HITTING THE BALL REAL

WELL.

Reporter: IT WASN'T

OFTEN THAT JOE FARLEY WENT

GOLFING WHEN FAMILY CAME TO

VISIT.

HE AND HIS BROTHER WERE ON A

FAIRWAY IN BETHLEHEM,

PENNSYLVANIA.

THEY WERE ENJOYING A GREAT

ROUND WHEN THEY NOTICE THE

THUNDERSTORM BREWING IN THE

DISTANCE.

THEY QUICKLY MADE THEIR WAY

TO COVER.

I WAS OUT FOUR OR FIVE

STEPS WHEN THIS BOLT OF

LIGHTNING CAME DOWN.

AND THE NEXT THING I KNOW, I

WAS ON THE GROUND.

I COULD FEEL IT GOING

THROUGH ME LIKE YOU GOT SHOT

BY ONE TON.

Reporter: THE LIGHTNING

STRUCK JOE DIRECTLY ON THE

HEAD, AND NOW HE LAY

UNCONSCIOUS ON THE GROUND.

DANIEL GOT UP AND RUSHED

OVER TO HIM.

HE DIDN'T HAVE A PULSE.

HE WASN'T BREATHING.

SO I STARTED C.P.R. ON HIM.

AT FIRST IT DIDN'T WORK AND

IT REALLY SCARED ME WHEN YOU

SEE SOMETHING LIKE THAT.

YOU COULD SMELL THE BURNED

FLESH, WHICH IS THIS

TERRIBLE SMELL.

ALL OF A SUDDEN HE CAME

AROUND.

HE WAS ALIVE, BUT HE WASN'T

CONSCIOUS.

Reporter: WITHOUT A

CELL PHONE, DANIEL YELLED AT

THE GOLFERS BEHIND HIM WHO

CALL 9-1-1.

WITHIN MINUTES, THE

AMBULANCE RUSHED HIM TO THE

HOSPITAL.

WHILE DANIEL ARRANGED FOR

JOE'S WIFE TO MEET THEM

THERE.

I THINK I WAS IN SHOCK.

IT WAS LIKE ALMOST A DREAM.

JOE HAS BEEN STRUCK WITH

LIGHTNING.

HE WAS AT THE HOSPITAL.

WHEN I FIRST SAW HIM, THEY

WERE PUTTING STAPLES IN HIS

HEAD.

Reporter: DANIEL LEFT

THE ACCIDENT WITHOUT

INJURIES, WHILE JOE BEGAN

TREATMENT IN BETHLEHEM.

DR. JAMES SAPOLA REMEMBERS

HIS CASE.

WITH JOE HAVING BEEN

REPORTED AS DEAD IN THE

FIELD, AND THAT BEING

SUBSTANTIATED BY MULTIPLE

BY-STANDERS AND E.M.S. --

THOSE PATIENTS YOU EXPECT

THEM TO HAVE SOMEWHERE IN

THE RANGE OF WEEKS TO MONTHS

OF RECOVERY.

WE DESCRIBE THIS THING AS 10

OUT OF 10 IN BOTH ARMS.

IT FELT LIKE A THOUSAND

LITTLE NEEDLES WERE PRESSING

IN HIS ARMS CONSTANTLY.

AND HE HAD WEAKNESS IN BOTH

UPPER EXTREMITIES.

I'LL NEVER FORGET THE

PAIN.

I LITERALLY SAID, CUT MY

ARMS OFF.

THEY TRIED TAKING THE

MORPHINE OFF, AND I WENT

CRAZY.

Reporter: JOE WAS A

CHRISTIAN.

HE HAD FAMILY AND FRIENDS

PRAYING FOR HIS RECOVERY.

AS SOON AS PEOPLE FOUND

OUT THIS HAD HAPPENED,

EVERYBODY WAS PRAYING.

AND I CAN ONLY SAY THERE WAS

A PEACE THAT CAME OVER ME.

Reporter: ALONE IN HIS

ROOM THAT NIGHT, JOE NEVER

CONSIDERED HOW UNUSUAL HIS

RECOVERY WOULD BE UNTIL HE

WAS STARTLED AWAKE.

3:00 AND THE MORNING, I

WOKE UP LIKE YOU AND I JUST

SITTING HERE, JUST AS BRIGHT

AS CAN BE.

AND ALL I HEARD WAS, GET OUT

OF BED.

YOU'VE BEEN HEALED.

I HEARD THE VOICE, AND THE

VOICE -- THIS IS HARD TO

BELIEVE -- VIBRATED RIGHT

THROUGH MY BODY.

IT WASN'T LIKE ANY VOICE

THAT I'VE EVER HEARD

BEFORE.

IT WAS A POWERFUL VOICE,

THOUGH.

IT SCARED ME SO MUCH THAT I

HAD NO QUESTION.

I JUST DID IT.

I TOOK THE MORPHINE OFF ME,

WHICH THEY TRIED HOURS

BEFORE THAT AND COULDN'T.

TOOK THE I.V.s OUT OF ME.

TOOK THE OXYGEN OFF OF ME.

Reporter: A DOCTOR

RUSHED IN AND FOUND JOE

STANDING BY THE BED.

I GRABBED HIM BY THE

SHIRT COLLAR, AND I SAID ARE

YOU A DOCTOR?

AND HE GOES, YES.

AND I SAID, GOOD, WE'RE

GOING FOR A WALK.

HE WAS LIKE, OKAY, AND I

WALKED AROUND THE TRAUMA

CENTER.

THERE WAS NO PAIN.

THERE WASN'T ANYTHING.

Reporter: AT 6 A.M.,

ANOTHER DOCTOR CAME IN TO

CHECK ON JOE.

I LOOKED AT HER, AND I

SAID, LET'S GO FOR A WALK.

AND HER FACE WENT BLANK, I

MEAN JUST TOTALLY BLANK.

AND SHE GOES, DID YOU SLEEP

LAST NIGHT?

AND I SAID, YEAH, I SLEPT

LIKE A BABY UNTIL 3:00 IN

THE MORNING.

AND THEN JESUS TOLD ME TO

GET OUT OF BED, THAT I WAS

HEALED.

I GO, WHEN WE GO BACK TO THE

ROOM, I WANT YOU TO BRING

EVERY MACHINE THAT YOU HAVE

INTO THAT ROOM, AND YOU

CHECK ME OUT.

I SAYS, BECAUSE I THINK I

CAN GO HOME.

Reporter: DOCTORS

PERFORMED A SERIES OF

COMPREHENSIVE TESTS AND WERE

SURPRISED AT THE RESULTS.

SOMEBODY COMES IN HAVING

BEEN DEAD IN THE FIELD AND

GOES HOME 48 HOURS LATER, WE

WERE PLEASANTLY SURPRISED.

IN GENERAL, HE LOOKED LIKE

HE WAS GETTING HIS DAILY

STRENGTH BACK.

Reporter: ONLY TWO DIES

AFTER BEING STRUCK BY

10 MILLION BOLTS OF

LIGHTNING, THE STAPLES WERE

REMOVED FROM HIS HEAD AND

JOE WAS RELEASED TO GO

HOME.

ONE DAY THEY'RE SAYING

REHAB TO TRY TO WRITE AND

EAT, AND HE COULDN'T WALK.

AND THE NEXT DAY HE IS

WALKING AND GOING HOME.

A COUPLE OF DAYS LATER, I

GOT THE MIRROR OUT SO I

COULD SEE THE BACK OF MY

HEAD, AND NOTICED THERE IS

NO SCARS OR NO TISSUE.

THERE WAS NOTHING THERE.

Reporter: EXACTLY ONE

MONTH AFTER THE ACCIDENT,

JOE RETURNED TO WORK.

HE STILL HAS THE HAT HE WAS

WEARING WHEN HE WAS STRUCK.

IT WAS ALWAYS MY FAVORITE

HAT ANYWAY, BUT NOW IT HAS A

HOLE IN IT.

I'M A SKEPTICAL PERSON.

I'VE GOT TO SEE THINGS AND

TOUCH THINGS, AND WHAT

HAPPENED TO ME, IT WAS

JESUS.

IT WAS JESUS.

I GOT HIT BY LIGHTNING THAT

SHOULD HAVE BLOWN ME APART.

I SHOULD BE FERTILIZER OUT

ON THE GOLF COURSE RIGHT

NOW.

I REALLY BELIEVE IT WAS

JUST THE PRAYERS OF

EVERYONE.

EVERYBODY GOES, OH, IT

WAS A MIRACLE.

NO.

IT IS WAY, WAY ABOVE THAT.

IT IS ONLY BECAUSE OF GOD'S

GRACE THAT I'M SITTING

HERE.

THAT'S THE ONLY REASON.