4 dead, 40 injured as tornado hits Boy Scout camp

Published: June 12, 2008, 9:22 am

By TIMBERLY ROSS A tornado tore through a Boy Scout camp in the remote hills of western Iowa on Wednesday, killing at least four people and injuring 40, and setting off a frantic search to reach others in the piles of debris and downed trees.Thomas White, a scout supervisor, said he dug through the wreckage of a collapsed fireplace to reach victims in a building where many scouts sought shelter."A bunch of us got together and started undoing the rubble from the fireplace and stuff and waiting for the first responders," White told KMTV in Omaha, Neb. "They were under the tables and stuff and on their knees, but they had no chance."A search and rescue team deployed after the 6:35 p.m. twister had to cut their way through branches during a lightning storm to reach the camp where the 93 boys, ages 13 to 18, and 25 staff members were attending a weeklong leadership training camp."All of the buildings are gone; most of the tents are gone; most of the trees are destroyed," Lloyd Roitstein,

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