In 1963 , 24 members of the BSP delegation to the 11th World Scout Jamboree in Marathon , Greece , died in a plane crash in the sea off the coast of Mumbai , India . Streets in the South Triangle District of Quezon City were later named in their memory . In 1968 , Boy Scouts , Rovers , and Scouters joined in the search-and-rescue operations for victims of the Ruby Tower collapse in August . For the services rendered by the Scouts , the BSP organization was awarded by President Ferdinand Marcos with a Presidential Gold Medal the following year
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United Arab Airlines Flight 869 (1963)
Boy Scouts of the Philippines