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Missing 11-month-old boy found alive after being buried underground in South Carolina, sheriff says
ABC News and WFMY News 2 (Tegna, Greensboro) describe the same event in different terms.
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What happenedLexington County Sheriff Jay Koon says search crews heard the infant crying as they dug into disturbed earth near the child's grandfather's home.
The headline splitThe left frames it as "Missing 11-month-old boy taken by father found buried alive after 24 hours: Sheriff". The center frames it as "Missing 11-month-old boy found alive after being buried underground in South Carolina, sh...".
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Left / center-leftMissing 11-month-old boy taken by father found buried alive after 24 hours: Sheriff
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CenterMissing 11-month-old boy found alive after being buried underground in South Carolina, sheriff says
WFMY News 2 (Tegna, Greensboro) · Center · News report
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Missing 11-month-old boy taken by father found buried alive after 24 hours: Sheriff
The baby, Koah Sharpe, was found Tuesday afternoon "clinging to life," after spending what is believed to have been 24 hours buried, according to authorities.
