Posted on 07/27/2005 8:29:35 PM PDT by restornu
WASHINGTON — Larry Call told his wife that he wasn’t sure if it was a few seconds or a few minutes.
But as he gripped the metal pole and hoisted it beneath the sprawling white canopy, he found himself suddenly paralyzed, full of electricity and a pain he has not yet found words to describe.
He was jolted to the ground and lay there, barely conscious under the canvas, Paula Call said in a telephone interview from Alaska. This was the end, he thought. He looked around at it.
There, hurled to the ground along with him were the men with whom he had just been happily working, setting up a huge dining canopy at the National Boy Scout Jamboree, a jubilant moment in their lives as Scout leaders and, for some, as fathers.
(Excerpt) Read more at kansascity.com ...
Boy Scouts spent Tuesday reviewing safety procedures and mourning the four men, but officials said the event would begin today as planned, with an evening speech by President Bush.
Why did you not post the whole article? Do they have a policy? I went to the Star site and you not only have to register but also create a secured subscriber account! I hate it when articles are unecessarily excerpted! Sheesh!
Washington Post
Yes they do!
I hate it when articles are unecessarily excerpted! Sheesh!
I do too dislike it.... but Washington Post would love to sue FR than where would we be?
BTW here is the whole story
http://www.kansascity.com/mld/kansascity/news/nation/12230271.htm?template=contentModules/printstory.jsp
Dear Readers:
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It could be I am still log in that is why I can see it but another would not have the same view I do!
What happened? I'm in a cliff hanger here.
You have to register to read it :P
>>>>Please use the links below to return to the site and view the content:
Must be some kinds of Network latency because I didn't get that screen nor can I see the article.
All I know it originates at the Washington Post which KC picked and no other source!
try this I did a google http://www.google.com/search?sourceid=navclient&ie=UTF-8&rls=GGLG,GGLG:2005-27,GGLG:en&q=Survivor+recalls+Scout+Jamboree+tragedy
but than I might still be log in sorry!
http://www.kansascity.com/mld/kansascity/news/nation/12230271.htm
Thanks for the help!
Your welcome
I have seperate e-mail accounts for vaious reasons
My maiden name
My married name
My posting name
A name for Regester for almost safe things like this KC etc
A name for unknown in case it is a spam to death site!
My email I used for registrations got spammed to death. I finally stopped registering.
I saw KansasCity, thought it was independent.
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