The first one is where my Globes belong.
"Police: Woman expected baby to die in garbage can" Associated Press August 07, 2014
INDIANAPOLIS — An Indianapolis woman whose co-workers found her newborn son gasping for air in a garbage can told a detective she expected the boy to die after she gave birth in a warehouse restroom and dumped the child in the trash, according to court documents.
Briana Holland, 22, was arrested and charged with attempted murder and child neglect after the boy was found Friday night with his head covered in a bag, trash in his mouth, and toilet paper wrapped around his neck, court documents said.
The co-workers and a nurse at the warehouse cared for the boy, who was purple and cold when he was discovered, until medics arrived and took him to a hospital, according to court documents.
Holland’s boyfriend told police she had kept her pregnancy secret from her family and hadn’t received any prenatal care. He said he found out about her giving birth on Twitter and intends to seek custody of the child, according to a police affidavit.
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"81-year-old Indiana farmer rescued from grain bin" Associated Press August 07, 2014
INDIANAPOLIS — An 81-year-old Indiana farmer survived the crushing grip of an avalanche of corn inside a grain bin in part because he’s ‘‘10 times tougher than the average guy,’’ one of his relieved sons said Wednesday.
Bill White was saved Monday afternoon by fast-thinking relatives and farmhands who drove plywood boards into the corn around him and dug him out enough to give him oxygen and keep him breathing. They then wrapped a sheet beneath his arms and around his chest and pulled. The 40-minute rescue ended when he finally emerged from the grain.
He was initially taken to a local hospital, but airlifted to an Indianapolis hospital after he began coughing up blood, apparently from the pressure of that much corn on his chest, said 46-year-old son, Steve White.
After leaving the hospital Tuesday, Bill White eagerly returned to work Wednesday, helping troubleshoot a problematic irrigation system on his family farm near Switz City, some 60 miles southwest of Indianapolis.
‘‘My dad, he’s 81 years old, but he’s 10 times tougher than the average guy. He’s one of the toughest guys I’ve ever seen,’’ Steve White said Wednesday afternoon.
Bill White would rather not discuss his ordeal, but said Wednesday the incident is reminder about the dangers of grain bins. He said he’s glad to be back at work and ‘‘pulling my weight.’’
The family patriarch was helping farmhand David Dinn clear out corn that had become wet and was clogging the inside of the 100-foot-tall, 63-foot diameter grain bin. When Dinn momentarily stepped away, White entered a ground-level door to remove more grain and was suddenly buried. The grain cascaded down a pile sloped at about a 75-degree angle in two waves, Steve White said, burying his father first up to his chest and then swallowing nearly all of him.
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Also see: Mother-son firefighters hurt, killed in Kentucky
Time to put out the fires.
Sorry I'm not into what my Globe is offering these days, readers.
