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Scout Camp tornado Survivors Meet President Bush Save Email Print
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Posted: 9:37 AM Jul 31, 2008
Last Updated: 9:50 AM Jul 31, 2008
Reporter: Associated Press
Email Address: desk@kolnkgin.com

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A group of Boy Scouts who were at a camp hit by a deadly tornado last month got to meet President Bush.

The group of about 145 Scouts, leaders and family met Bush at the White House and had pictures taken with him Thursday morning.

The Scouts also plan to tour the Capitol and have dinner at a Scout camp in Virginia before returning to Omaha, Neb., just after midnight Friday. The trip is being paid for with donations.

The Scouts from Nebraska and Iowa were attending leadership camp at Little Sioux Scout Ranch in Iowa when a tornado struck on June 11. Four boys were killed and several others were injured.

The camp is about 40 miles north of Omaha where the Mid-America Boy Scout Council is based.

Those boy scouts killed in the Little Sioux Scout Ranch tornado were 14-year-old Aaron Eilerts, 13-year-old Sam Thomsen, 13-year-old Josh Fennen and 14-year-old Ben Petrzilka.
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Posted by: Ben Location: Lincoln on Jul 31, 2008 at 01:49 PM
Good for you Scouts I hope you enjoy your trip!! Our prayers for the families of the lost Scouts!

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