>> OUR NORTHERN VIRGINIA
REPORTER DREW WILDER TALKS WITH
A MOTHER IN AN INTERVIEW YOU
WILL ONLY SEE ON 4.
>> NEARLY 40,000 BOY SCOUTS AND
TROOP LEADERS FROM AROUND THE
WORLD ARE BEING EVACUATED FROM
THIS TENT CITY IN SOUTH KOREA.
THE SIDE OF THE WORLD SCOUT
ORGANIZATION JAMBOREE WHICH IS A ONCE IN A LIFETIME TRIP THAT
17-YEAR-OLD COREY HAS DREAMED
OF FOR YEARS.
MINUTES AFTER HIS ARRIVAL, IT
BECAME A NIGHTMARE KEEPING HIS MOTHER AWAKE AT NIGHT.
EVERY FOUR 71 YEAR
SCOUT ORGANIZATION HOSTS A YEAR
SCOUT ORGANIZATION HOSTS A
JAMBOREE TO SCOUTS AROUND THE
WORLD.
THE ORGANIZATION DESCRIBES THE
JAMBOREE IS ONE OF THE LARGEST
OUTDOOR EDUCATIONAL EVENTS FOR
YOUTH ON THE PLANET.
THIS YEAR THE EVENT WAS HOSTED
BY THE KOREAN SCOUT
ORGANIZATION AND ABOUT 1100
AMERICANS ATTENDED.
SHE STARTED TO WORRY WHEN SHE
STARTED GETTING TEXT FROM COREY.
A HEAT WAVE ROCKED THE CAMPERS
AND THERE WERE NUMEROUS HEAT
RELATED ILLNESSES.
THE HOSTS HAVE ORDERED AN
EVACUATION.
THEY UNDERSTAND THE WEATHER IS
UNCONTROLLABLE BUT MANY OTHER
ISSUES WERE PREVENTABLE AND
BECAME APPARENT THE MOMENT HER
SON STEPPED FOOT ON THE CAMP.
>> THEY DIDN’T HAVE A CAMPSITE,
DIDN’T HAVE TENS, DIDN’T HAVE
BEDDING, DIDN’T HAVE ANY
EQUIPMENT TO COOK FOOD, STORE
FOOD, THEY DID NOT HAVE FOOD AT
ALL THE FIRST NIGHT. >> INSTEAD THEY GIVE THE KIDS
SHOVELS TO DIG DITCHES AROUND TO
PREVENT FLOODING.
THEY ONLY HAD 70 CLEANING STAFF
FOR 40,000 CAMPERS.
THERE WERE NOT ENOUGH SHOWERS,
SO IN SOME CASES ADULTS AND
KIDS SHOWERED TOGETHER.
>> THAT’S AN UNFORGIVABLE
MISTAKE AND OVERSIGHT BY THE
PLANNING COMMITTEE OR --
>> VIDEO SHOWS BRITISH SCOUTS
HAULING OUT BEFORE THE
EVACUATION.
SOME ARE TAKEN TO A U.S.
MILITARY BASE SOUTH OF THE CITY
OF SEOUL.
KRISTEN IS JUST GLAD THAT COREY
IS ON THE BASE AND SAFE AMONG
U.S. SOLDIERS.
>> IT’S A BETTER LIVING
SITUATION BUT IT’S NOT WHAT WE
PAID FOR.
IT’S NOT WHAT WE WERE SOLD.
>> Reporter: THE WORLD SCOUT
ORGANIZATION IS WORKING WITH
THE HOST TO MAKE SURE SCOUTS ARE SAFE.
BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA SENT A
STATEMENT BUT DID NOT EXPLAIN
WHAT IT PLANS TO DO FOR
FAMILIES.
THEY HAVE NOT POSTED ANY
UPDATES ON THEIR WEBSITE WHERE