Reply #10: Sad update:

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• Update at 8:44 a.m.: The names of the four boys who were killed were announced this morning: Aaron Eilerts, 14, of Eagle Grove, Iowa; Josh Fennen, 13, of Omaha; Sam Thomsen, 13, of Omaha and Ben Petrzilka, 14, of Omaha The latest number of injured is 48. Officials said there were 94 scouts and 25 adult and youth scout leaders at the camp when the storm hit.




Eyewitness accounts from the scout camp: http://www.omaha.com/index.php?u_page=2798&u_sid=10356198

... Alex Robertson, 15, of Center, Neb., was among the 50 or so people who ran to the north cabin to escape the storm. He said he was on the floor inside the door as the tornado hit.

"It ripped off the door, and it ripped open the roof," Alex said.

The wind dragged him to the wall of the cabin, he said, as he clung to what little of the structure remained. A stone chimney was the next thing to come apart in the cabin, he said.

"I saw the chimney come down right next to me. It fell on people, unfortunately. It was very traumatic," Alex said.

In the aftermath of the tornado, the Scouts in the north cabin scrambled to help those who were hurt and dig people out from under debris. Alex said there were boys with broken collarbones, cracked ribs and other serious injuries. The Scouts used their first-aid knowledge to do what they could, he said, as they waited for help to arrive. Alex distributed blankets...