Farmer rescued from grain silo speaks out

More than 50 fire, rescue and emergency medical workers stood at the base of a Timberman Road grain silo as a man who had become trapped inside was lifted out of the soybeans that once buried him to his neck. About half of all grain entrapments result in death, according to the United States Centers for Agricultural Safety and Health. It's a tricky substance — like quicksand, it moves under the victim's feet and creates more suction the harder they attempt to struggle. Many entrapments become engulfments and then suffocations within minutes. This one didn't. The man, 70-year-old Jay Butterfield, emerged alive. "They saved my life, for sure," he said. "I thought that was the end."