Shock as Man is Struck by Lightning While Giving Speech at His Daughter's Wedding Ceremony (Photo)

The father of the bride, JP Nadeau, the moment lightning struck at his daughter’s wedding. Photograph: Sabrina Guitford Monteith

JP Nadeau, a father of the bride had a lucky escape after being struck by lightning during his daughter's wedding in Canada.

According to The Telegraph, JP Nadeau, who says he has experienced a number of brushes with death in his life, was reportedly in the middle of a speech in his apple orchard in New Brunswick when the bolt hit the festivities.

"And just as I told my new son-in-law 'You're a lucky guy' - Boom!" he told the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation.

Mr Nadeau said he was left with a small scar on his thumb after the July 8 incident, which shocked the wedding guests.

"I had the microphone and the shock jumped into the sound system and my hand just lit up and I saw the spark," he told the CBC.

"And I'm looking at my hand and it's all flared up… It was like I was holding a lightning bolt in my hand, it was amazing."

Mr Nadeau's wife, Maggy Thomas, said it didn't stop the "beautiful wedding" from going ahead. "But that was pretty terrifying for a second," she told the CBC.
It isn't the first time Mr Nadeau is thankful for being alive.

In 2015, he was rescued by the British RAF after a cruise ship he was working on near the Falkland Islands caught fire.

"I've had lots of brushes with death," Mr Nadeau said. "But death keeps ignoring me."