Bodies of Andrew Porter and Ian Stasko found by rescue crews after storm that likely killed them in ‘split second’
Bodies of Andrew Porter and Ian Stasko found by rescue crews after storm that likely killed them in ‘split second’
Lightning strikes in Colorado earlier this month killed two elk hunters who were caught in a storm, authorities concluded this week.
Andrew Porter and Ian Stasko, both 25, had been hunting in the Rio Grande national forest in southern Colorado the week of 11 September when they stopped making contact. After extensive search and rescue operations, crews came upon their bodies a week later.
Bridget Murphy, Porter’s fiancee, confirmed their cause of death in a social media post this week, writing that he was an “experienced outdoorsman, who was in the wrong spot at the wrong time”.
“It is OFFICIAL, that a lightning strike near them took them in an instant.
