Against the Grain: Minnesota mother turns her grief into a mission to make grain bins safer
By 2/21/2021 The report of an 18-year-old caught in a grain bin auger came into the Nicollet County 911 dispatcher at 3:46 p.m. Thirteen minutes later, Deputy Michael O’Gorman was the first to arrive on the scene. The Saint Peter Volunteer Fire Department also responded. They were too late. Landon Gran, who had been cleaning out a neighbor’s grain bin when his legs became entangled in the auger, had succumbed to his injuries. The last time he was seen alive was around 12:30 p.m., according to the accident report. The hardest part, says the teenager’s mother, is knowi...
Source: agriculture.com