‘One Tree Hill’ Star Bevin Prince Breaks Her Silence 5 Months After Husband’s Fatally Struck By Lightning

“One Tree Hill” star Bevin Prince is publicly talking out for the primary time in regards to the nightmare of shedding her 33-year-old husband, William Good friend, after he was killed by a lightning strike.

Throughout an episode on the “1 on 1 With Jon Evans” podcast, Prince opened up in regards to the tragic July 3 incident in North Carolina. She mentioned they have been out doing what they’d executed one million occasions, solely this time all the pieces modified instantly.

“It was like every other day that we’d executed one million occasions,” mentioned Prince for an episode that dropped Friday. “The storm was far-off. We’re on the boat, all the pieces’s fantastic. After which, instantly, all the pieces has modified. There’s no regular, and there’s no playbook for it.”

Prince and Good friend have been on a ship close to Masonboro Island, off the coast of Wilmington. When Good friend was struck by lightning, Prince says they occurred to be subsequent to a boar carrying a nurse and former member of the army. They instantly rendered assist. She added that the police boat additionally occurred to be using by, and so they swiftly moved Good friend’s physique from the couple’s boat to the police boat.

Deputies from the Hanover County Sheriff’s Marine Unit carried out CPR on the 33-year-old CEO earlier than taking him to the Marina for emergency medical consideration. EMS then moved Good friend to an ambulance, the place they tried to resuscitate him for 20 minutes earlier than he was pronounced lifeless.

“In my thoughts, there was completely nothing that might have been executed,” Prince mentioned. “And I’ve to simply accept that that is bigger than me and my understanding at the moment.”

Prince says she’s nonetheless taking issues day after day and that “some days, it doesn’t really feel OK.” When that occurs, Prince says she reminds herself of the choices at hand.

“I can keep right here on this planet, or I can’t, and that’s not an choice for me,” she says on the podcast. “So, I actually solely have one choice. I knew when Will handed, I mentioned, ‘OK, I used to be lucky sufficient to expertise the sort of love and help and partnership that I do know so many individuals won’t ever really feel, so my life’s now a service. My life now’s service. That’s it.’ I’m going to do all the pieces I can to serve the individuals in my neighborhood and the those who work with me and my mates and my household and I’ll proceed to indicate up and do this. That’s all I do know. That’s all I can do. That’s the one choice.”

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