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Nation IN BRIEF : NORTH CAROLINA : Bodies of Drowned Boy Scouts Found

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From Times Staff and Wire Reports

The bodies of two Boy Scouts were found along a flooded creek near Lenoir, one day after they and another teen-ager were swept into the raging water when a footbridge collapsed. The body of the other Boy Scout was found late Saturday. The three were among a troop of seven Boy Scouts and three adults from Atlanta who had been camping in the Pisgah National Forest in the western part of the state, an official said. The three boys were crossing a suspension bridge on their way to buy candy at a store when their weight apparently caused the bridge to dip into Wilson Creek. The rushing water caught the bridge and broke it from its moorings, officials said.

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