Posted On: February 18, 2009 by Jeffrey R. Kooi

GARRETT INDIANA FIRE CREWS UTILIZE CRANE TO SAVE MAN FROM SILO


While unloading grain from a silo at the Custer Grain Company in Garrett, Indiana, 55 year-old Melvin Buck was sucked down about 30 feet into grain. Buck reported that the grain fell in like quicksand around him. Emergency crews with the Garrett Fire Department used hoses and buckets to remove the grain away from Buck. He was finally rescued at around 7:30 in the evening.