How a family survived a lightning strike at Grant Park: 'You don't see it coming. You don't hear it coming'

Sandra Valencia Brongel lit a Marlboro Menthol as people around her scrambled for cover from the rain and lightning that provided the finale to Chicago’s downtown Fourth of July fireworks.

She and her family had sought the shelter of a tree for the moment. Protect her 1-year-old grandson from the...