maria said that it caught everything in color , that it watched us walk to the front of leeds , watched liz let go and step away , watched her turn and lift her hand to me , watched me reach out to her , watched as a bright white ball of electricity exploded where we stood , as my body was hurled through a front plate-glass window , as glass fell on me like rain , as the camera shook from the shockwave , as the dazzling stroke of lightning stretched and returned to the sky .