{"id":6705,"date":"2012-10-12T15:00:19","date_gmt":"2012-10-12T19:00:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.northcountrypublicradio.org\/inbox\/?p=6705"},"modified":"2012-10-12T14:08:38","modified_gmt":"2012-10-12T18:08:38","slug":"all-in-a-days-work","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.northcountrypublicradio.org\/inbox\/2012\/10\/12\/all-in-a-days-work\/","title":{"rendered":"All in a day’s work"},"content":{"rendered":"

Here’s a feel-good story from the Ottawa Citizen called\u00a0Beans over bravery: ‘Just doing our job’<\/a>. It’s about why four men from the Ottawa region traded farm boots for red carpet time at Rideau Hall this morning.<\/p>\n

Back in March of 2010, Andy King got buried in corn while working to fix a problem in a North Gower grain silo. As quoted in the Citizen by Chlo\u00e9 Fedio:<\/p>\n

\u201cI was kind of stuck in the corner to begin with when this avalanche started. It\u2019s like running in big puffy snow. I stepped into an air pocket and all of a sudden I just went down,\u201d King said.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

King didn’t panic, but it was a tight situation. His co-workers didn’t panic either. At considerable risk to their own safety, they stabilized the scene, made sure King could breathe and studied what needed doing next. They called\u00a0911 and a roughly 6-hour fire\/rescue operation ensued.<\/p>\n

Firefighters came and tried to pull him out of the corn several times with no success. Finally, rescuers used plywood to build a box around King, to protect him from the corn. Afterward, a culvert pipe was placed around him. By 7 p.m. that night, King was free \u2014 a little stiff and hungry, but otherwise well, he said.<\/p>\n

He went to work the next morning.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

The Ottawa Sun reported on the incident with an article and a video<\/a> back in 2010, which gives you a good sense of the size of these silos.<\/p>\n

Co-workers\u00a0Tim Leclair, Claude Lapierre, Dwight Foster and Jeff Lennox are scheduled to receive Medals of Bravery at a ceremony at Rideau Hall <\/a>Friday morning.\u00a0But as the Citizen article explains:<\/p>\n

“Nobody is really talking about it,\u201d King said Wednesday evening. \u201cWe\u2019re talking about trying to get beans off the field in between the rain storms.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Here’s to avoiding accidents – and knowing what to do when they happen.<\/p>\n

Here’s to being smart and staying calm in the face of danger.<\/p>\n

Here’s to everyday heroes who are all around us, busily doing what needs doing.<\/p>\n

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