[SandRat]

[SandRat]

[xzins]

The proper thing is to cancel the Jamboree after a memorial service is held.

[GVnana]

Wow. That's just awful. We had a huge "all class reunion" at our local fairgrounds a few years ago, and a draft horse bolted from a barn, tore through the crowd and seriously hurt a lot of people.

You just can't always tell what hazards are out there.

[oyez]

A lightning strike maybe?

[randog]

That's too bad. I never made it to a Jamboree when I was in Scouts, but went to plenty of Camporees, Scout Camps, 50-mile hike as well as monthly campouts (rain, snow, sunshine--didn't matter). I look back on the Scouts with fond memories, and it was events like this that made it all worthwile.

[Mad_Tom_Rackham]

Such a tragic accident. Prayers lifted for the leaders who were lost, their families and friends, and the BSA family.

PS: My time within the BSA (Eagle Scout, 1968) was in no small part instrumental in my success in later adulthood. I cannot encourage FReepers, their families, and their acquaintances enough to support the Boy Scouts of America and to encourage their children to enroll in this exceptional organization.

[lepton]

They had electricity at a Jamboree?

[Brad’s Gramma]

Oh SandRat! How terrible...MANY prayers for the families and all the kids at the Jamboree...

[southernnorthcarolina]

A tremendous tragedy, the more so because it occurred at an event designed to be celebratory.

Deaths by electrocution generally don't get much publicity, I suppose because they're usually one at a time (the four deaths in this case being an exception). But I can remember three deaths in the Charlotte area alone in the recent past (and more, I'm sure, that I've forgotten): a construction worker who contacted a live wire; a moviegoer who leaned against an improperly grounded electric sign in front of the theater; and a concert patron who stepped on a live wire at the ironically-named Verizon Wireless Amphitheater.

Be careful, folks. We tend to take electricity for granted. But it needs to be respected.

[bnelson44]

They were from Alaska. See:

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,163617,00.html

[ALOHA RONNIE]

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1st Man on Earth's Moon =

Eagle Scout NEIL ARMSTRONG


1st Man on the Planet Mars =

Eagle Scout ....... .........?

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[tubebender]

Another Source

[trussell]

Prayer ping.

Rest in Peace
Anchorage Alaska Troop Leaders

My prayers offered for the families and the Boy Scouts under these leaders.

Blessings,
trussell

If you want on/off my prayer ping list, please let me know. All requests happily honored.

[Alamo-Girl]

I join with the others here in prayers for these families and loved ones!

[Salvation]

Prayers for these men and for their families. And for all the Scouts at the camp!

[Mrs.Nooseman]

Prayers for the Scout leaders and their families send!

[Coleus]

what a shame, prayers for the families of these dedicated volunteers.  Souters give so much of their time so that boys can have a great time while learning timeless values and citizenship training which will last a lifetime.

 

 

 

before the orgy?  oops wrong place, wrong time. 

 

Boy Scout World Jamboree or Orgy?

[leadpenny]

Picture of the tent and overhead wires via the "Fredericksburg Free Lance-Star"

http://fredericksburg.com/News/FLS/2005/072005/07252005/0725jaminjury/0725VAFRE102web.jpg/photo_view

Photo by Rebecca Sell, The Free Lance-Star

[Basselope]

Prayers for the men and for their families. How sad.

[MarMema]

Thanks for posting, and prayers for the families. Our Scoutmaster is there.

Memory Eternal for those who are now reposed.