Vacuum Trucks Prove Valuable in Iowa Grain Bin Rescue

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 auger in with my foot and it slipped,” Benish told local TV station KCRG. “The suction sucked me in there, and nobody saw what happened. It felt like my leg was being crushed by a vice with all the pressure from the corn.”Benish was covered up to his shoulders for about two hours. First responders successfully employed specialized