Torres said the incident has affected the entire community. “(When they) realized what was going on and provided service and started calling for assistance.” “Our Winter Springs residents are a very tight-knit community,” he said. Doug Seely said bystanders immediately called 911 and tried to help Tedesco and her daughter after the lightning hit. “At that point, all the moms are calling each other.” When she started seeing first responders rush by her, Torres said she knew something bad had happened. “There was lightning and thunder all on top of us.” “I just had no idea what was happening yet,” she said. Vanessa Torres says she was there picking her daughter up from school when the lightning struck. "I know she remembered being there with her mother and the next thing she remembered was being in the back of an ambulance.” "I was there when her dad told her that her mom was gone, very very sad but took it very well. “It’s amazing how children are so resilient," Fuehrer said. He said he was there when Andrew had to tell Ava the news about her mother. “While he is obviously devastated by his loss, he is doing remarkably well as he focuses on his attention on caring for his daughters Ava and Gia,” Fuehrer added. "Always, always talking about his kids and his wife and his family and what they’re doing," he said. Sanford Airport Authority Police Chief Tom Fuehrer said Andrew's family is the center of his world.
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Officials say Andrew’s 10-year-old daughter Ava and their dog were also injured in the strike, but are expected to make a full recovery. The Airport Police Department held a press conference Friday afternoon, expressing their condolences for fellow Officer Andrew Tedesco who lost his wife, Nicole Tedesco, Thursday afternoon. A Central Florida mother killed by a lightning strike near an elementary school has been identified as the wife of an Orlando Sanford Airport police officer.
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