{"id":643171,"date":"2017-08-08T08:24:10","date_gmt":"2017-08-08T13:24:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ktbb.com\/post\/?p=643171"},"modified":"2017-08-09T09:45:00","modified_gmt":"2017-08-09T14:45:00","slug":"vigil-today-after-third-local-scout-dies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/?p=643171","title":{"rendered":"Vigil after Third Local Scout Dies"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ktbb.com\/post\/wp-content\/media\/2017\/08\/larry1-150x150.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-643176\" \/>EAST TEXAS &#8212; The family of an East Texas Boy Scout is donating his organs. The Longview News-Journal reports Thomas Larry, 11, of Hallsville had been airlifted Saturday to LSU Medical Center in critical condition after being electrocuted when the mast of the sailboat he was on struck a power line. Fellow Troop 620 Scouts Will Brannon, 17, and Heath Faucheaux, 16, were killed at the scene near Alley Creek Camp. All three were at a camp out at a private residence near Alley Creek on the reservoir&#8217;s north shore when the accident occurred.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Continue to pray for all families involved in this unbelievable tragedy,&#8221; Dewayne Stephens, executive for the East Texas Area Council of Boy Scouts of America, said Monday. He also called on uniformed Scouts from across the region to come together Tuesday in Shreveport for a vigil and ceremony before the removal of Thomas&#8217; organs for donation. &#8220;At the beginning of the organ donation process, a flag will be raised and continually flown,&#8221; Stephens said. &#8220;After the donation concludes, the flag will be lowered and given to the Larry family.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The ceremony was held Tuesday morning at LSU Medical Center in Shreveport.<\/p>\n<p>Upshur County Rural Electric Cooperative, which runs the power line involved in the accident, said Sunday that it also was working with officials to determine what had happened. General Manager Rob Walker said Monday that statement was all the company would say about the situation for now.<\/p>\n<p>Parks &#038; Wildlife officials said Monday a full report was expected within a week.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>EAST TEXAS &#8212; The family of an East Texas Boy Scout is donating his organs. The Longview News-Journal reports Thomas Larry, 11, of Hallsville had been airlifted Saturday to LSU Medical Center in critical condition after being electrocuted when the mast of the sailboat he was on struck a power line. Fellow Troop 620 Scouts &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/?p=643171\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Vigil after Third Local Scout Dies<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":61,"featured_media":643176,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[177],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-643171","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-local-news-archive-archives"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-06-16 15:56:05","action":"change-status","newStatus":"trash","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/643171","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/61"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=643171"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/643171\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":643214,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/643171\/revisions\/643214"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/643176"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=643171"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=643171"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=643171"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}