Lightning often strikes tall buildings. However, many buildings have lightning rods to protect them from lightning. When strikes, the electricity goes down the the Benjamin Franklin, the American invented the lightning rod That statesman, is why State in New York City are safe. Lightning may hit this building as many as twelve times in twenty minutes and as often as times a year. are not as easy to protect as buildings, and accidents do happen. In 1963 a Boeing 707 jet was hit by lightning and crashed. Eighty-one people died