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Home > Blogs > Get on the Bus > Archives > 2008 > February > 28 > Entry

Cub Scout saves friend

By selliott | Thursday, February 28, 2008, 10:24 AM

After our recent discussion here about the merits of Boy Scouts and Girl Scouts, I couldn’t help but point you to this story out of Texas in which an 8-year-old Cub Scout’s quick action saved his friend who was choking on a rock on the playground.

It seems the boy learned the Heimlich Manuever while watching his mother teach it to a Girl Scout troop.

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