You being on the trailer saved your life, had you been standing on the ground and touching the trailer or the truck you woulda been cooked. That type of line will actualy magnetize the boom and suck it right into the line from within 10ft. I used to work for the power company, and was standing within 20 feet from a 14,400 volt line when it fell to the ground. It actualy turned some sand that was in the grass to glass.