12-Year-Old Boy Scout Rescues Couple And Dog During Hike

12-Year-Old Boy Scout Rescues Couple And Dog During Hike

12-Year-Old Boy Scout Rescues Couple And Dog During Hike

David King, a 12-year-old Boy Scout from Hawaii, and his mother, Christine , went for a 15 mile hike so he could earn his hiking badge.

But as they neared the last few miles of their hike, they came upon a couple and their dog. The pair looked all right, King said, but their dog seemed in distress.

They asked the couple if they needed help and they said , they didi.  The  couple named JD and Aimee, along with their 100-pound dog Smokey, planned to only go on a short hike on the trail. However, they somehow got turned around and ended up lost and wandered 7 miles in the wrong direction.

Smokey their pitbull was injured during the hike and had cuts on his paws that made it difficult for him to walk. The dog’s weight made it difficult for JD to carry him back home.

Then David remembered something his older brother, who is an Eagle Scout, taught him when he was training for his first aid merit badge: You can build a stretcher with a tree branches that were broken into two pieces and some shirts.

They were able to get Smoky onto the stretcher and the 4 of them were able to take the injured dog  to safety. The dog got the medical attention her needed all thanks to David’s quick thinking.

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