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Back at the camp, whistles suddenly skirled. The exercise was on. When the "rescue" party reached the designated ford and found no sign of George, the scout commanders assumed he had al ready reached the island and was waiting for help. Group Commander Rostyslaw Boykowycz, 20, halted his scouts and asked nonswimmers to raise their hands...
None did. Boykowycz then tied a clothesline around his waist and stepped off into the frigid water. Clinging tightly to the line, 17 shivering scouts followed...
...yards from the island, Boykowycz stepped into a hole and lost his footing. He slipped under and was swept downstream. Behind him, scrambling for footholds or handholds, the entire line was washed into deep water. Some panicked. By the time Boykowycz regained his footing and helped other counselors drag survivors ashore, six scouts had drowned. But their absence was not noted until the bedraggled bunch had been assembled on the shore for roll call...
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