Be Prepared?: ; After Deaths, Boy Scouts Faulted On Lightning Safety
Sunday Gazette-Mail › January 09, 2006
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CLIFTON, N.J. - The forecast was ugly the day Matthew Tresca died.
The National Weather Service warned throughout the afternoon of severe weather in the Pocono Mountains where the 16-year-old and more than 300 other Boy Scouts attended a one-week camp.See the full content of this document
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Be Prepared?: ; After Deaths, Boy Scouts Faulted On Lightning Safety
At the end of supper, as lightning flashed in the distance, Scout leaders dismissed the boys from the dining hall and sent them to their tented campsites in the woods. Around 7 p.m., lightning struck a tent pole near the picnic table where Matthew sat under a tarp. He suffered cardiac arrest and was pronounced dead within 90 minutes.
That was Aug. 2, 2002. Since ...See the full content of this document
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