Officials with the Montgomery County Emergency Management Agency report shortly before 4-p.m. Monday, the Red Oak Fire Department and other first responders were paged to United Farmers Cooperative in Red Oak for a man that was trapped up to his waist in grain.

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EMA Coordinator Brian Hamman said without the specialized equipment that had been purchased and donated by many donors, the rescue would have been challenging and difficult to say the least. The subject was extricated and able to walk out under his own will and was taken to MCMH for further evaluation.

Hamman added that “While we all train for the worst and hope we never have to use certain equipment and our training, it’s a blessing when we have a positive outcome.”