On a Sunday afternoon in late August 2026, what began as an ordinary family visit in Margate, Florida, ended in unimaginable tragedy. Kenya Glasgow, 31, and her 2-year-old daughter Kennedi were fatally struck by lightning just steps from the front of a relative’s home, while the child’s twin sister and father remained only a short distance away.

The Glasgow family had arrived at Kameron Glasgow’s aunt’s house in the 7900 block of Northwest 1st Street for a family dinner. Dark clouds were gathering and rain was intensifying. Sensing the need to get everyone indoors quickly, they began moving from their vehicle toward the house. Kameron was ahead or nearby when a bolt of lightning struck. He later described feeling a powerful aftershock traveling through the ground. When he turned, he saw his wife and one of his daughters lying motionless on the sidewalk.

“I got the aftershock from the ground. By the grace of God I’m still here,” Kameron told reporters in the days that followed. “To turn around and see your daughter and wife… lifeless… is even worse.” Kennedi’s twin sister, Kensli, had not yet exited the car and was unharmed.

Neighbors quickly realized something was wrong. One resident, Prince Moody, recalled hearing a loud boom and seeing an orange glow through his window. His son alerted him that someone was on the ground outside. Moody ran out and called 911.

Margate Police and Fire Rescue arrived around 2:30 p.m. Officers and medics immediately began CPR and other emergency efforts. Kenya was transported to North Broward Medical Center in Deerfield Beach. Kennedi was taken under police escort to Broward Health Medical Center in Fort Lauderdale. Despite the rapid response, both were pronounced ᴅᴇᴀᴅ shortly after arrival at the hospitals.

In the following days, Kameron spoke publicly about the profound loss. He and Kenya had been together since their senior year of high school in Fort Lauderdale—nearly 15 years—and would have marked their fourth wedding anniversary in November. He described his wife as someone with “the biggest heart in the world,” a person who always put others first and had helped shape him into the man he is. Kenya worked as a program specialist for a nonprofit focused on community health services.

Of his daughter Kennedi, he recalled a lively toddler who loved to sing. “I’ve never seen a 2-year-old sing Benson Boone on a karaoke mic word for word,” he said. The hardest part, he noted, was knowing that Kensli had lost her twin and best friend at such a young age. “For her to lose her twin sister, words can’t describe that feeling… I know she can’t even fathom it right now.”

In a social media tribute, Kameron wrote that he had lost his best friend and that his surviving daughter had lost hers. He expressed graтιтude for the years they shared and said he would take life one day at a time with Kensli, believing his wife and daughter continue to guide them.

Florida consistently ranks among the states with the highest lightning activity in the United States due to its climate, flat terrain, and frequent summer thunderstorms. The National Lightning Safety Council and weather services track dozens of strikes in active storm periods; on the afternoon of the Margate incident, radar systems recorded high numbers of cloud-to-ground flashes in the surrounding area. Lightning remains a leading weather-related cause of injury and death in the state, even though individual odds of being struck are statistically low.

Authorities stated the incident remains under investigation. The Margate Police Department extended its deepest condolences to the family.

This sudden loss has left a husband and young daughter facing a future without two of the people they loved most. Kameron has said he is drawing on faith and the support of family and friends as he focuses on raising Kensli.