2005: The Year of the Gravely Injured Boy Scout
After the morbidly celebrated Scoutocaust of the summer, the year rings out with another gravely injured Boy Scout.
Today’s unlucky scout was merely minding his own business—raking leaves in preparation for a Utah Scout event—when his Scoutmaster leapt to the rescue of a fellow Scout who had tripped, sending the knife the Scoutmaster held flying through the air to lodge in the leaf-raking Scout’s brain.
Full story here. (And in case you’re wondering, joining the Boy Scouts is now the primary cause of death for American boys aged 8 to 14.)