Emergency crews rescued a man who got trapped in a grain elevator in Chilton, TX, on Wednesday afternoon, reports KWTX.
Wilbert Ratliff Jr. was rescued at around 3:30 p.m. after being pulled from the silo filled with corn. He descended the ladder on his own.
Ratliff had been inside the silo clearing a blockage when he was buried up to his chest.
Ratliff was extracted from the silo with the use of a special auger silo extraction device.
