Eagle Scout earns national award for life-saving rescue

http://www.omaha.com/article/20120708/NEWS2001/707049993/1120#eagle-scout-earns-national-award-for-life-saving-rescue

By Emily Johnson
Leader Staff Writer

When a crisis struck, Mark Beischel didn’t hesitate.

On Dec. 8, 2011, the 18-year-old Bellevue Boy Scout (then 17) and his mother, Christine, were returning from a meeting with a Bellevue city engineer about his Eagle Project plan to tag storm drains with environmental stickers.

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Eagle Scout Adviser Larry Ortega, left, and Wagon Wheel District Executive Kyle Mason watch as Scoutmaster Mark White pins Mark Beischel with his National Medal of Merit on June 23.


Mark was still in uniform when he saw Bellevue resident Pat Barett fall 15 feet from a tree.

Mark jumped out of the car, yelled out to Pat’s son that he needed emergency services right away and rushed over to Pat, who was attempting to get up.

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