Posted by
Curtal Friar on Friday, May 09, 2008 3:27:53 PM
Okay, this story is a few months old, but I couldn't help but mention it when I came across it this morning on the Internet. The source for the story is:
http://abclocal.go.com/wpvi/story?section=news/local&id=5718996.
A woman was out hiking when she lost her footing and fell five feet, face-first onto a rock ledge and received injuries to her face and head. Jane Scholl was bleeding and in pain and probably partially in shock, and could have been in real trouble if it hadn't been for a troop of boy scouts who witnessed the accident. After it was determined that Jane was in no shape to make it back to her vehicle, which was six miles away, the boy scouts fashioned a stretcher out of materials at hand and carried Jane three miles to where a chopper waited to take her to the nearest trauma center.
Congratulations to the scouts in Troop 226, who displayed knowledge, skill, intiative, and a willingness to help others. I sometimes despair when I see modern kids with electronic devices on their heads or enraptured by their cell-phones for hours, lost to the reality around them. When I hear stories like this, though, I think there is indeed hope for the future. Children like this will make fine leaders someday.