It was summer 1996: A typhoon was approaching Takatsuki, Osaka Prefecture, and a thunderstorm advisory was in effect.
Meanwhile, a high school soccer game started. Mitsutoshi Kitamura, who had joined the game from Kochi Prefecture, was out on the field when the accident occurred -- he was hit by lightning.
In this fraction of a second, Kitamura's life changed.
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