Amy Robach Recalls Fourth of July Lightning Strike That Killed Her Uncle, Injured Her Parents

The former news anchor still gets ‘a little nervous’ in bad weather after ’very traumatic’ childhood event.
Amy Robach Recalls Fourth of July Lightning Strike That Killed Her Uncle, Injured Her Parents
Amy Robach speaks onstage at the 23rd Annual ACE Awards in New York City on June 10, 2019. Dimitrios Kambouris/Getty Images for Accessories Council
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Amy Robach, a television reporter and former anchor of ABC’s “Good Morning America,” shared the details of a “very traumatic” Fourth of July lightning strike that left her parents critically injured and killed her uncle at a family gathering when she was a child.

Ms. Robach, 51, recounted the harrowing ordeal during a recent episode of her “Amy and T.J. Podcast,“ which she hosts with her partner and former ”Good Morning America” co-host, T.J. Holmes.