When will this stop happening?!
Nine-year old boy dies in farm accident
Last May I wrote a poem about three boys who were involved in a grain bin tragedy. It's time to join Grain Handling Safety Coalition.
Here is my poem:
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Nine-year old boy dies in farm accident
Last May I wrote a poem about three boys who were involved in a grain bin tragedy. It's time to join Grain Handling Safety Coalition.
Here is my poem:
We
Will Appeal
Mount
Carroll, Illinois, July 28, 2010
Young Wyatt arrives early at the
grain bin,
excited about his new job.
The boss sends him and three other
boys
to the top of the bin to break up moldy corn.
With no training, they don’t know
the danger,
don’t know what to do in an
emergency.
Wyatt falls in.
Two hundred thousand bushels of
corn
suck him down, screaming.
Alejandro (on his first day) and
William
jump in to save Wyatt.
As they sink, they face each other,
hold hands
and pray for their families and
Wyatt.
After Will feels Alejandro’s hands
go limp,
he waits six hours to be rescued.
With training, it might have been
prevented.
The court ruling finds the grain
bin company
responsible for the deaths.
