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Boy Scouts 'Jumped Into Action' After Surviving Amtrak Derailment In Missouri

A troop of Wisconsin Boy Scouts were among those who immediately acted to help their fellow passengers.

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Dozens of people were hurt and four people were killed when the train slammed into a dump truck and derailed Monday afternoon in Mendon, Missouri, while en route from Los Angeles to Chicago.
Dozens of people were hurt and four people were killed when the train slammed into a dump truck and derailed Monday afternoon in Mendon, Missouri, while en route from Los Angeles to Chicago. (Maggie Avants/Patch)

By CBS Chicago Staff:

CHICAGO (CBS) – In the moments after the Amtrak train headed to Chicago on Monday derailed in Missouri, a troop of Wisconsin Boy Scouts were among those who immediately acted to help their fellow passengers.

"You experience the first jolt, you see white smoke coming out of the window on your left, and then the second jolt hits and suddenly you're turned on your side," said Isaac Burken, of the Boy Scouts Troop 73.

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