南卡罗来纳州11个月大男婴被指被父亲装进狗笼埋在地下约24小时后生还：毛巾形成的气穴让他得以呼吸
南卡罗来纳州Lexington县警长办公室11月10日通报，11个月大的男婴 Koah Sharpe 被埋在地下约24小时后被搜救人员找到并生还。警长 Jay Koon 说，男婴被装在一个约2英尺乘2英尺的铁丝狗笼里、裹着毛巾，埋在他祖父家约50码外的树林里、约1英尺深的土下。
据警长办公室通报，男婴的父亲、25岁的 Michael Comer 于11月9日上午约11时趁男婴的祖母外出办事、另一名照护者尚未赶到时把孩子带走。约100名搜救人员随后展开搜寻；11月10日下午约1时30分，有人注意到一处新翻动的泥土并听到哭声，男婴被挖出时「扯着嗓子大哭」。
Koon 说，裹住狗笼的毛巾很可能形成了一个气穴，让男婴在地下近24小时里得以呼吸。男婴被紧急送往医院，当时被形容为「勉强维持生命」，但预计可以完全康复。
Comer 已于11月9日晚在 Batesburg-Leesville 一处附属建筑内被捕，当时被控入室盗窃与拒捕。与埋葬男婴相关的其他指控，警长办公室表示正与检察官商定中，尚未正式提出。
South Carolina 11-Month-Old Found Alive After About 24 Hours Buried in a Dog Crate: Sheriff Says a Towel Likely Formed an Air Pocket
The Lexington County Sheriff's Department in South Carolina said on November 10 that 11-month-old Koah Sharpe was found alive after being buried underground for about 24 hours. Sheriff Jay Koon said the baby had been placed in a wire dog crate about two feet by two feet, wrapped in a towel, and buried under roughly a foot of dirt in woods about 50 yards from his paternal grandfather's home.
According to the sheriff's department, the baby's father, 25-year-old Michael Comer, took him at about 11 a.m. on November 9 while the paternal grandmother was running an errand and another caregiver was on the way. About 100 searchers joined the search; at about 1:30 p.m. on November 10, searchers noticed freshly disturbed dirt and heard crying. The baby was pulled out, in the sheriff's words, 'screaming at the top of his lungs.'
Koon said the towel wrapped around the crate likely created an air pocket that let the baby breathe for nearly 24 hours underground. The baby was rushed to hospital, described as 'clinging to life,' but is expected to make a full recovery.
Comer was arrested on the night of November 9 in an outbuilding in Batesburg-Leesville and charged at that stage with burglary and resisting arrest. The sheriff's department said additional charges relating to the burial were still being determined with prosecutors.
来源：Lexington县警长办公室
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