Kicker: Always prepared

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LINDSAY MAST, HOST: “Be prepared” is the Scout’s motto. Good thing, too! A Boy Scout troop bike ride in Virginia turned life-or-death when scout leader Laurent Lee collapsed from a heart attack.

But 12-year-old Raphael Loosen knew what to do. Audio from WTOP News:

LOOSEN: I said I got this because I learned it like a week before that in school.

Loosen stepped up with the CPR he’d just learned. Fellow scouts and parents rotated in, keeping Lee alive until paramedics arrived. Lee paid tribute:

LEE: I wouldn’t be here without you guys, and I’m so forever grateful.

Doctors found a 90% block in his artery. But he’s back on his feet, determined to get CPR-certified himself, and finish that ride.

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