The boy's mother believes the pair were at a considerable distance from the hazard but still got shocked during last week's severe weather.
A 6-year-old and his grandmother remain in the hospital nearly a week after a downed power line during last Tuesday's severe weather shocked and burned the two.
According to the family, Nathan and Charlotte Winters were at the Lake Conroe campground where she lives when they encountered the energized line. Morgan Winters, Nathan's mother and Charlotte's daughter, said the grandmother was pointing on the downed line to someone else from a distance when they were burned.
On Monday, ABC13 spoke with Morgan Winters, the boy's mother and the woman's daughter, as her loved ones were being treated inside the same hospital at the Texas Medical Center. Eighteen percent of the child's body was covered in second-degree burns. Charlotte Winters' injuries were considered more severe, with burns covering 55% of her body.
Nathan was in better spirits during ABC13's visit. He told Eyewitness News that a reunion with his favorite person is the light at the end of the tunnel.Emergency responders want to remind people that the ground around downed power lines can be energized up to 35 feet away. Authorities didn't disclose how far the pair were when they got burned.
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