Marines Rescue Boy Scouts
With the aid of a helicopter and night vision goggles, a Marine Corps search and rescue team was able to find a group of 28 boy scouts who had become lost during a canoe trip, according to DoD News.
HH-1N Huey pilot Capt. Wes Urquhart of Marine Corps Air Station Yuma told the Yuma Sun the Sheriff's department contacted him around 5:30 p.m. Saturday evening to ask for assistance:
"The deputies said they knew the Scouts were lost and were east of the river somewhere. They had been searching but couldn't find them, so they requested aerial support, as it was getting dark."
The Military Times reports Urquhart and his crew spotted the Scouts and their four chaperones with the aid of night vision goggles:
“They were tucked away in this little hidden lake with these little estuaries with these tall, tall reeds. I can easily see how they would get lost in there.”
The Boy Scouts and their chaperones were tired, hungry, and probably a bit scared. They were guided back to the river with the help of the Marines and the Sheriff's department.
