Here is a wonderful story showing how quick acting Scouts can be.
Boy Scout foils Maldives assassination bid
SIMON GARDNER
Reuters
January 8, 2008 at 6:21 AM EST
COLOMBO — A 15-year-old Boy Scout intervened to stop a man from stabbing Maldives President Maumoon Abdul Gayoom with a kitchen knife on Tuesday, a move the leader's spokesman said saved him from assassination.
Mr. Gayoom, who was unharmed in the incident, paid tribute to teenager Mohamed Jaisham, who was wearing the characteristic green Scout uniform at the time and foiled the attack by wrestling with the man and grabbing the blade.
“I have been saved thanks to Mohamed Jaisham and Allah,” Mr. Gayoom said in a national radio address after the incident.
In a twist of fate, Mr. Gayoom holds the honorary title of Chief Scout of the Maldives.
“He was saved by a boy who moved in the way and tried to grab the knife and suffered a serious injury to his hand,” he added. “The President was not hurt, but the knife did catch his shirt. It was definitely an assassination attempt on his life.”
Some would perhaps argue that this was not the smartest move to take but given the circumstances I believe most likely we would all be in that boys shoes.
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