Buried Alive in a Grain Bin: How Grant Survived Eleven Hours Under Wheat

Survival Stories 24/7 · Jul 22, 2026 · 16m

Buried Alive in a Grain Bin: How Grant Survived Eleven Hours Under Wheat

Adrenaline and claustrophobia collide: a size eleven boot stood upright on concrete while a man named Grant O'Brien lay buried under eleven feet of wheat, alive but trapped for hours - how did he survive inside 400,000 pounds of grain until rescue? What two small objects ultimately decided whether he lived?

In this episode, we follow the timeline from the morning of March 3, 2009, through the rescue and Grant's return to his apartment to give his cat Pepper an insulin injection at 8:43 p.m. We cover the conditions that…