A statue in memory of four Boy Scouts who were killed in a tornado will be dedicated two years to the day the twister struck their western Iowa camp.
Fourteen-year old Aaron Eilerts, of Eagle Grove, Iowa, and three Omaha, Nebraska, teens died June 11, 2008, and 48 people were injured, when a large tornado tore through the Little Sioux Scout Ranch.
This coming June 11th, a statue being erected at the Durham Scout Center in Omaha, will pay tribute to the teens.
A permanent memorial for Eilerts, 13-year-olds Josh Fennen and Sam Thomsen and 14-year-old Ben Petrzilka, is also being planned at the Little Sioux Camp, but the details have not yet been finalized.
Thanks to Ric Hanson, KJAN, Atlantic, Iowa
Omaha statue to honor fallen Boy Scouts
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