Father sobs on 911 after kids buried in collapse

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STANLEY, N.C. (AP) — A North Carolina man tearfully begged authorities to hurry to his house to rescue his daughter and her cousin, who were buried when the walls of a 24-foot deep pit he dug on his property collapsed.

Jordan Arwood, 31, was operating a backhoe Sunday night in the pit when the walls collapsed and he called 911.

Arwood's desperate voice is heard on a recording released by the Lincoln County communications center on Monday, when the children's bodies were recovered.

"Please hurry ... My children are buried under tons of dirt ... They're buried under tons of clay ... It fell on top of them," he said sobbing.

When the dispatcher asked him if he could see the children, Arwood said he couldn't.

"The entire wall collapsed on them. Get a crane. Get a bulldozer. Get anything you can, please," he said. "There's no way they can breathe."

As the dispatcher began encouraging him — and with people wailing in the background — Arwood began praying.

"Lord lift this dirt up off these children ... so the children will be alive and well ... I have to get my kids. Lord, please," he said.

The bodies of the two young cousins, 6-year-old Chloe Jade Arwood and 7-year-old James Levi Caldwell, were dug out Monday.

Later on Monday, sheriff's deputies removed firearms and a marijuana plant from Arwood's mobile home. Arwood is a felon who is not allowed to have guns. He was convicted in 2003 for possession of a controlled substance with intent to sell.

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http://www.chron.com/news/crime/article/Father-sobs-on-911-after-kids-buried-in-collapse-4417381.php
 
Maybe the guy fucked up terribly by not understanding that the walls of the pit needed to be supported.
But he just lost his daughter and nephew - in front of his eyes. So sad.
And now if they charge him with cannabis cultivation, which is totally irrelevant to what happened, he just gets more shit thrown into his already-sad life.
(BTW, the reason he is not allowed to possess guns is because he got caught with some drugs 10 years ago.)
 
Maybe the guy fucked up terribly by not understanding that the walls of the pit needed to be supported.
But he just lost his daughter and nephew - in front of his eyes. So sad.
And now if they charge him with cannabis cultivation, which is totally irrelevant to what happened, he just gets more shit thrown into his already-sad life.
(BTW, the reason he is not allowed to possess guns is because he got caught with some drugs 10 years ago.)

There's a reason to blow your brains out before trial.
 
Hindsight is 20/20, but proper site safety rules and a little bit of engineering skill would have prevented this... I know I wouldn't send my kids into a 2 storey deep pit with unreinforced walls, after the rains. Any child who has played in a sandbox can tell you about the tensile strength of wet earth.
 
I got chills when I read, "The bodies..". :( Nooo. Little kids aren't suppose to just die. :( For no reason. :( Right? :(
 
Yeah, I know. F'ed up that he.. in a way.. killed them... and watched them die. Everyday, another story, sometimes worse than the one before.
 
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