
Missing South Carolina infant rescued after being buried alive in a dog crate for 24 hours
By Marcus Chen
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When an 11-month-old infant was reported missing in South Carolina, dozens of first responders combed the countryside for the “bright boy with reddish blond hair" who, the sheriff's office said, had disappeared while his grandmother ran errands.After a full day of searching, authorities found freshly disturbed soil in the woods not far from the home of the boy's grandfather. They began digging and soon unearthed little Koah Sharp, who was “clinging to life” after being buried alive in a dog crate wrapped in a towel, the sheriff said.“Certainly, God is good,” Lexington County Sheriff Jay Koon said Tuesday at a news conference, not long after Koah was found. “He was screaming at the top of his lungs, which is a good thing in the baby world, I would guess.”The child’s father, Michael Comer, 25, was arrested and was being held without bond on a burglary charge, Koon said. Investigators were working with prosecutors to confirm further charges, he said.An air pocket likely kept the boy alive