Thank you for posting this sunshine. I posted in Spirituality Forum.

Not all of them saw it, some were up watching the lightening. The Scout Ranch is between two hill tops, and it isn't sure why no siren was heard, but the Scouts that saw the tornado coming down did hit the ranch siren, which did save many lives they feel.

The 4 Scouts who died were crushed by a brick fireplace that caved in when the tornado hit the small lodge they were in... there were others in there with them, but only the 4 died.

Boy Scouts camp year round around the world and compared to the thousands of outings, something rarely occurs of this immensity. This being weather related, well, it's a fact of life.

One scout said it was the Grace of God that only 4 lost their lives.

The USA has had more deaths due to tornadoes than usual (I think at this point 119 now?)

The tornado at the Little Sioux Scout Ranch killed Josh Fennen, 13, Sam Thomsen, 13, and Ben Petrzilka, 14, all of Omaha, Nebraska; and Aaron Eilerts, 14, of Eagle Grove, Iowa, who was a camp staff member.

After all 93 Scouts and staff members were accounted for, stories of heroism began to emerge.

* Omaha.com Profiles of four Scouts who died
* Weather wreaks havoc across wide area
* KMEG: Witnesses describe tornado strike
* iReport.com: Share, view storm images

"These young men ... literally saved lives during this time period when emergency management could not get to them," Culver said. They "were the real heroes."

"They immediately started helping each other in this time of need [and] set up their own mini-triage unit."

Rob Logsdon, a 15-year-old staff member at the camp, said that although he was injured, he rescued some of his fellow Boy Scouts trapped underneath a collapsed chimney at one of the camp's four bunkhouses

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