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Shockingly, multiple hikers had already passed by without offering assistance.¹
Borowski and Perry didn’t hesitate. They stepped in where others walked on.
“We noticed they were having a tough time,” Borowski told reporters. “They were trying to carry her down, but they were getting tired as well, so we offered to help carry her down the rest of the way.”³
The woman was unsure at first, but the Scouts wouldn’t take no for an answer.
“When we first met up with her we only had about five to ten more minutes of daylight, so it was pretty dark when we first encountered them,” Perry explained.⁴
Under their strength and determination, the two seniors carried her for two grueling miles. It took them two hours, navigating darkness on treacherous terrain where inexperienced hikers often need rescue.⁵
They didn’t wait for emergency crews. They didn’t hesitate. They simply did what they had been trained to do.
The organization some on the Left have tried to dismantle is still producing young men capable of extraordinary courage.
Mount Lafayette is no casual hike. At 5,249 feet, it ranks as the sixth-tallest peak in New Hampshire and is one of 48 state mountains exceeding 4,000 feet.⁶
Borowski has already earned his Eagle Scout rank, while Perry is on track to achieve Eagle in January.⁷
Acting Scoutmaster Pat Flynn wasn’t surprised by their actions. He’s seen firsthand the character Scouting can instill.
“In Scouts, there is a slogan called ‘do a good turn daily,'” Borowski said. “It was fitting that a Boy Scout troop found this family in need and was able to help them.”⁸
When the family finally reached safety, the boys discovered how many adults had simply passed them by.⁹
“Take the time to stop, because just one person can make a really big difference,” Borowski concluded. “Do not ever underestimate your ability to help other people.”¹⁰
Meanwhile, the organization that trained these young men has itself been transformed under pressure from the Left. It no longer goes by “Boy Scouts of America,” now calling itself “Scouting America.”¹¹
Conservative critics have slammed the change. Rep. Andrew Clyde criticized the rebrand bluntly: “The Left has now taken ‘Boy’ out of ‘Boy Scouts.’ Wokeness destroys everything it touches.”¹²
The group also allowed gay youth in 2013, lifted the ban on gay Scout leaders in 2015, and began admitting girls in 2017.¹³ Membership plunged from nearly 2 million in 2019 to just over 760,000 by 2021.¹⁴
The organization emerged from bankruptcy last year after facing more than 82,000 lawsuits from victims of sexual abuse by Scout leaders.¹⁵
Yet no name change, policy shift, or cultural overhaul can erase the lesson of Mount Lafayette.
Borowski and Perry carried a stranger down a mountain in darkness simply because it was the right thing to do. That’s courage. That’s honor. That’s Scouting.
The woke crowd may try to erase the Boy Scouts’ history, but they cannot erase what these two teenagers demonstrated: real American values, forged through service and commitment to others, still exist.
Adults who ignored a woman in need have a lot to learn from two young men. Jack Borowski and Brodie Perry showed the country what true heroism looks like.
