Cub Scout wins Honor Medal after Saving Girl’s Life

The Boy Scouts of America awards the Honor Medal to youth or adult Scout members who has demonstrated heroism in saving or attempting save a life.

Silver Lake Cub Scout wins Honor Medal after saving girl’s life
By Jim Carney
Beacon Journal Staff Writer

SILVER LAKE: When 7-year-old Daniel Green saw a little girl screaming, gasping for air, and about to go underwater this summer, he was prepared.

Daniel was on a floating dock in Silver Lake during the Silver Lake Festival on a hot and muggy Saturday when he noticed that the girl needed help.

Daniel jumped into the water and swam several feet toward her. He put her on his back and brought her back to the dock’s ladder where he called for help from a lifeguard. The lifeguard took the girl back to shore. The girl was not injured.

For his actions on July 16, Daniel, who is now 8 and a member of Cub Scout Pack 3177, was awarded the Boy Scouts of America Honor Medal in a ceremony at Holy Family Parish in Stow on Wednesday night.

“I feel kind of surprised because this is the first time I ever got an award about saving somebody’s life,” the boy said Wednesday.

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