A hiker lay shivering and bleeding on a remote California trail. 6 teenagers helped with the rescue

“It took a second to realize, ‘Ok, this is a serious situation,’” said 15-year-old Cassidy Wheeler. The boys, who had taken a crash course in wilderness first aid one day before as part of their camp experience, immediately hunkered down and followed the counselors’ instructions. “We need to do anything we can to make sure he’s all right,” Wheeler remembered thinking. The two counselors, Solomon Reinman and Jack Davis — both experienced hikers with wilderness first-aid certification — told the kids to stay back and got to work. Knowing the...