Man mourns wife, 2-year-old daughter killed by lightning strike in Margate

Kenya Glasgow and her 2-year-old child were killed in a Margate, Florida lightning strike. A grieving South Florida father is remembering his wife and 2-year-old daughter after police said they were struck and killed by lightning Sunday while arriving for a family dinner in Margate.For Kameron Glasgow, a patch of grass outside his aunt’s home in the 7900 block of Northwest First Street will forever hold one of his final memories of his wife, Kenya Glasgow, and their daughter, Kennedi.“Words can’t describe that feeling,” Kameron Glasgow said.Margate police said Kenya, 31, and Kennedi were struck by lightning at about 2:30 p.m. Sunday.The family of four had just arrived at the home and were trying to get inside ahead of an approaching storm.“We saw that the rain was picking up and we just said, ‘Hey, we got to get the girls inside,’” Glasgow recalled.Then, lightning struck.Glasgow said he felt the electricity shock him.

“I got the aftershock from the ground,” he said. “By the grace of God, I’m still here.”But when he turned around, he was confronted with a devastating sight.“To turn around and see your wife and your daughter there lifeless is even worse,” Glasgow said.Kenya and Kennedi are survived by Glasgow and Kennedi’s twin sister, Kensli.Glasgow said he is now grappling not only with his own grief, but with what the loss will mean for his surviving daughter.“For her to lose her twin sister, words can’t describe that feeling because I know she can’t even fathom it right now,” he said through tears.Glasgow described his wife as someone who was always there for the people she loved.“My wife -- the biggest heart in the world,” he said. Puts everybody before herself.”He called Kenya, who was his high school sweetheart who he met senior year, one of his heroes, alongside his late father.“She helped me make me into the man that I am today,” Glasgow said.He described Kennedi as an “Energizer Bunny” with a love of music, particularly songs by Benson Boone.“I’ve never seen a 2-year-old sing Benson Boone on a karaoke with a mic word for word,” he said.

“Two years old and as clear as day. ‘Beautiful Things’, that’s her favorite song.”Glasgow said the loss is especially painful after he viewed the birth of his twin daughters as a blessing following the death of his father.“I thought my biggest blessing was God sending me my two daughters once my dad passed,” he said. “Just for one of them to be gone now, it’s tough.”He said…