Boy Scouts Save Woman from Drowning

Boy Scouts Rescue woman from drowning in Missouri floodwaters

Two Boy Scouts, aged 15 and 16, saved a woman who was clinging to a basketball hoop that was almost completely submerged in floodwaters. Massive rainfalls flooded parts of Columbia, Missouri last week causing dangerous conditions.

Both Scouts, along with a few friends were walking through the neighborhood and heard screams for help. They saw a woman in a bathing suit, “clinging to a basketball hoop that was nearly entirely submerged in floodwaters.”

These individuals knew immediately that they had to step in to help. They jumped into the water and swam to the woman where they had her grab onto their shoulders because her legs were cramping. They doggy-paddled back to shore against currents that were trying to pull them down. The woman was brought safely ashore before coughing up water.

The Assistant Fire Chief was quoted as saying “These two young boy scouts come by and heard the distress calls…for two 15 and 16 year olds to react that way, it was very heroic.”

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Full article here: https://www.today.com/news/2-boy-scouts-rescue-drowning-woman-missouri-floodwaters-t224158