The 30-year-old property manager nearly died after getting hit by lightning last August in Seminole, Florida. That day, pizza shop owner Mark Rizzotto found Kurtz lying between an oak tree and mailbox during a light rain. "I'm happy to have a second outlook at life, and I'm happy to have the chance to do it," he shared with Tampa Bay 28. Even though Tampa Bay is known as America's lightning capital, hits this bad rarely happen. His girlfriend Jess French warned others: "We are not invincible in Florida—even if it's sprinkling out..."The first responders who saved his life came to the packed fundraiser.