Vacuum Trucks Prove Valuable in Iowa Grain Bin Rescue

Trucks helped move massive amounts of corn covering trapped farm worker

Vacuum Trucks Prove Valuable in Iowa Grain Bin Rescue

(Photos from Cedar Rapids Fire Department)

Vacuum trucks aren’t only useful for things like potholing underground utilities or cleaning sewers. Recently, they were a valuable part of a rescue operation in Cedar Rapids, Iowa.

Darrell Benish got trapped inside a large grain bin containing corn.

“I was trying to push the...

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