Quick-thinking Scout saves accident victim from death

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By MELANIE VanDERVEER
Pocono Record Writer
May 13, 2008

Panic, disbelief and total shock were just a few of the emotions felt
by 17-year-old Boy Scout Kevin Mink on Oct. 14, 2007. Mink and his
family were on their way to church when they encountered an
unbelievable site on the road.

What appeared to be an early Halloween prank was in fact a life-or-
death situation. "Kevin noticed a shoe in the road and then we saw a
woman and little girl running up the road screaming," Mink's mother,
Terri, said. "Then we saw the car with legs on the hood sticking out
of the windshield. We couldn't see the rest of his body."

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Father's last wish for son fulfilled

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Duluth teen becomes Eagle Scout after cancer strikes family

By GRACIE BONDS STAPLES
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Published on: 05/14/08

Caleb Elder stood with three of his best friends, basking in the
moment they'd been certain would come since middle school.

They always understood that they'd take this oath, just as they would
graduate high school and go on to college. When you move up from Cub
Scouts to Boy Scout Troop 2000, you start talking about becoming an
Eagle Scout.

The path was clear enough: 21 merit badges, a community service
project and then he'd be able to put the Eagle clasp on his father's
tie, reaching a goal essential to them both.

Then Caleb's father was stricken with cancer, and nothing was clear or
understood or certain anymore.