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Man Trapped For Three Hours Inside Grain Silo
February 3, 2009
(Updated 2:40 p.m.) A man trapped for nearly three hours inside a grain silo in Walnut Hill has been freed and is in good condition.
The victim, identified as Escambia Grain Manager Ed Nowlin, walked away under his own power from the silo where he was trapped Monday morning.
Nowlin became trapped waist-deep inside the 100-foot tall concrete silo at Escambia Grain Corporation about 9:45 this morning. Dozens of emergency workers spent three hours to rescue him. They worked slowly to avoid a further collapse of 10-foot high wall of soybeans over Nowlin.
Emergency workers cut plywood and other wood supports to prevent the grain from collapsing around Nowlin.
The Escambia County Fire-Rescue Special Operations team worked to free Nowlin by lowering a harness from the top of the grain silo and then pulling him upwards and free from the soybeans about 12:45. He refused to be transported to the hospital. He walked back to work from the silo to the Escambia Grain office.
Nowlin had crawled into the silo this morning to work. He entered through a ground-level access hole.
NorthEscambia.com was first on the scene, arriving before the first fire units. We have exclusive photos in our photo gallery. Click here to access a complete photo gallery covering the entire three hour rescue, including exclusive photos from inside the silo.
Dozens of emergency workers from the Walnut Hill, Molino, Century and Brent stations of Escambia Fire Rescue responded to the call. The Escambia Fire Rescue Special Operations team, the Atmore Fire Department and Atmore Ambulance also responded.
Pictured top: Firefighters work outside the grain silo where a man was trapped for nearly three hours today in Walnut Hill. The firefighter kneeling to the right of the photograph is looking into the small hole that accesses the inside of the silo. Pictured middle top: A rescue worker reaches inside the access hole into the silo. Pictured middle bottom: Nowlin (center, no hat) walks out of the silo. Pictured below: An exclusive photo inside the silo showing the 10-foot tall wall of grain at the rear that threatened to collapse on the trapped man. NorthEscambia.com photos, click to enlarge.
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5 Responses to “Man Trapped For Three Hours Inside Grain Silo”
Another fine job by the men and women in the flashy red vehicles.
hope ya r ok!!!
So thankful you got out and were able to walk away!
Way to “Hang Tough” Ed, I hope you are all right.
hope he will be ok