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'Like quicksand': Ohio farmer survives soybean entrapment

Associated Press
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In this May 30, 2019 photo provided by the Ross Township Fire Department rescue personnel shovel soybeans out of the bottom of a bin during an effort to rescue farmer Jay Butterfield, who was buried up to his neck inside. He became buried up to his neck while trying to break up clumps of soybeans in the bin on his farm in Ross Township, Ohio. (Ross Township Fire Department via AP)
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In this May 30, 2019 photo provided by the Ross Township Fire Department a fire truck bucket hovers over a bin where farmer Jay Butterfield became buried up to his neck in soybeans. The successful rescue effort in Ross Township, Ohio, involved 52 rescue personnel from a dozen agencies. (Ross Township Fire Department via AP)
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In this May 30, 2019 photo provided by the Ross Township Fire Department firefighters assemble a tube around farmer Jay Butterfield during the process of rescuing him from a soybean bin on his farm in Ross Township, Ohio. He became buried up to his neck while trying to break up clumps of soybeans in the bin. (Ross Township Fire Department via AP)

COLUMBUS, Ohio — Ohio farmer Jay Butterfield survived a harrowing afternoon recently after being buried up to his neck inside a soybean bin.

The 70-year-old was trying to break up wet clumps of the crop inside a 30-foot-tall bin when he sank up to his knees. The material along the bin’s sides began to engulf him.

Within 15 minutes, Butterfield was buried up to his neck and thought he was probably going to die.

The three-hour rescue effort on the farm north of Cincinnati involved 52 first responders from a dozen departments.

Butterfield acknowledges he’s a lucky man. Last year, 30 people were buried in gran on farms, and half died.

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