A teenager is speaking out after surviving a lightning strike in New York City's Central Park — and says he feels extra lucky after making a decision that in hindsight wasn't the smartest.

A 15-year-old boy was hit by lightning Thursday after the tree he was leaning against in New York City’s Central Park was struck and the current transferred to a chain necklace he was wearing. The boy had taken shelter from a thunderstorm under the tree while his friends sat on the grass nearby,