Teen overcomes life-threatening condition, brain cancer to earn Eagle Scout

CEDAR HILL, Texas — When Stacy Mitchell II joined Scouting America in second grade, he did everything a scout can do — until he couldn’t.

Mitchell has a rare, and fatal, muscular disorder called Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy. His muscles are slowly deteriorating and by 12 he had lost his ability to walk.

“There was times I was questioning if I still wanted to be a scout,” Mitchell said…

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