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Scout Receives Rare Medal

A teen scout from Texas earned one of the Boy Scouts of America’s rarest honors after saving his scout leader from drowning.  The hero is a thirteen-year-old named Devon Champenoy. He freed his scout leader’s trapped foot while they were in dangerous whitewater rapids. The rescued leader said that Devon’s quick instincts likely saved his life. Fewer than 300 scouts have received this medal since the Boy Scouts started in 1910.
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Zoomers and Boomers Talk

Have you ever wanted to call a Boomer?  Well, now you can.  A neuroscience project set up two bright yellow payphones.  One is labeled “Call a Boomer,” and they set it up in Boston . . . and the other says “Call a Zoomer,” and they set it up in a senior community in Reno. And it’s connecting folks one phone call at a time.  If you didn’t know, the Zoomers and Boomers…
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Nine-Year-Old Hero

A 9-year-old boy from Michigan just became a real-life hero after saving a man’s life at church.  And here’s the kicker . . . the boy had just learned CPR at school the DAY BEFORE. Here’s what happened:  A church leader collapsed from cardiac arrest, but the boy didn’t panic. Instead, he started chest compressions until someone arrived with a defibrillator and restarted the man’s heart.  Doctors say the boy’s quick…