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Six Hours Trapped in Grain: How a Pipe Kept Him Breathing
Six Hours Trapped in Grain: How a Pipe Kept Him Breathing
Cold, dark, and buried waist-deep in 400 tons of wheat, a man kept breathing because a six-inch steel pipe-supposedly capped-was actually open and funneling outside air to his face. Rescue coordinators were operating on a mistaken report for ninety minutes while a torn exterior cage lay four feet from the silo foundation; how did that single overlooked detail stretch his survival to six hours and twelve minutes?
In this episode, you will hear what happened from the moment Steven O'Connor entered silo number four to the moment he…
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