A Summary Of Arick's Life

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On July 26, 2013, it was a warm summer day in Iowa, Arick Baker was just expecting to have a ordinary day on the farm with his father, however his day was anything but ordinary. Between 6:15 a.m. to 6:45 a.m. was the time that Arick would wake up so that he could get working on the farm. On this particular day it was very warm, Arick wore a cut off tee-shirt, shorts and steel toe boots. Arick, his father and their friend Kay all meet at the grain silo which is about thirty minutes away from Arick’s house. Kay and Arick’s father drive two semi trucks to the grain silo so that they can begin to empty the silo and sell the grain. As the grain is emptied from the silo Kay and Aricks father realize that the corn is wet and clumping together, so the aviator begins to stop releasing corn from the silo. …show more content…

Before going into the silo Arick puts on a oxygen and filtration mask, so that he would be able to see and breathe in clean air. “Going into the silo is the most dangerous thing a farmer can do” Arick explains, as he climbs up the stairs to get into the top of the silo. Once Arick enters the silo he begins to put the PVC pipe into the corn to break up the clumps. Shortly after corn once again begins to enter the semi trucks. Aricks dad leaves to go turn off the aviator, and Arick decides to push the PVC pipe into the corn once more. When Arick does this he pops an air pocket in the corn and he becomes trapped within the corn. Aricks dad and Kay leave to go sell their grain, leaving Arick alone and trapped within the grain silo. Arick’s dad sees that the grain silo window is still open as he is leaving the

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