Scouts in Action
He took control of the truck!
John Guyton was riding in the passenger seat of a truck when the driver suffered a seizure. Somehow, he needed to stop the truck and help his friend in the middle of rush hour traffic.
Listen as John describes the rescue in a true story of Scouts in Action.
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Read 49 comments about “He took control of the truck!”

September 6th, 2007 at 2:08 pm
That was AWESOME!!!!!!!!!!
September 5th, 2007 at 7:14 pm
this reamindss me of when my handicapt brother had a sezure just lie beck. GOOD JOB
September 3rd, 2007 at 7:07 pm
that was A Brave thing you did in deed john, CONGRATS
September 3rd, 2007 at 6:14 pm
Good thinking John, this case shows how helpful scouting and merit badges are in our daily lives.
If you didn’t have the scouting training you did have, who knows what tragedy may have happened.
September 1st, 2007 at 8:36 am
that was AMAZING!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
August 31st, 2007 at 7:04 pm
your deed was a very heroic deed
August 31st, 2007 at 5:46 pm
i love boyscoots
August 31st, 2007 at 1:50 pm
john nice job
August 31st, 2007 at 8:37 am
What is a seizure? I’m glad he had a eagle scout in the car with him and he wasn’t alone. Yay!