This is miraculous!
A man in Alabama survived being crushed inside a garbage truck twice.
The incident occurred in Jackson, Alabama, and has left many of the volunteer firefighters who responded to the scene giving credit to God for the man’s survival.
Yellow Hammer News was the first to report on the man’s miraculous survival and revealed details on how the man ended up inside the garbage truck:
An Alabama man survived after being compressed inside a garbage truck — twice.
Emergency responders were called around 5:30 a.m. to a report of a person inside a garbage truck in Jackson.
Officials believe the man was compressed twice during the truck’s early morning route, first at a KFC on Highway 43 and again at a nearby Hampton Inn.
The driver became aware of the situation when he arrived at a Popeyes restaurant and heard someone calling for help. The driver then stopped the truck and shut down the equipment.
Fire officials said they believe the man was homeless and had been sleeping in a dumpster to stay warm.
Here’s a photo of the rescue effort:
An Alabama man survived after being compressed inside a garbage truck — twice.
Emergency responders were called around 5:30 a.m. to a report of a person inside a garbage truck in Jackson.
Officials believe the man was compressed twice during the truck’s early morning route,… pic.twitter.com/20vdwgoJRn
— Yellowhammer News (@yhn) January 30, 2026
CBS 42 reported volunteer firefighters reported the survival of the man was a “God thing”:
In all of Fire Chief John Brown’s years serving Jackson, he said this incident was a first.
“I’ve been associated with the fire department for 40 years. We’ve never had a situation like this come up,” Brown said.
Emergency officials responded to a call of a person being compressed in a garbage truck around 5:30 Wednesday morning. Officials believe the man was compressed twice.
First at the KFC off Highway 43, then again at the Hampton Inn next door.
When the driver arrived at Popeyes, he heard a man calling for help.
“It’s really a fortunate thing that the gates at the Popeyes were closed and the driver had to get out,” Brown said. “When he exited the dump truck, he could hear the man in the back needing help, and that’s when he shut everything down.”
Volunteer firefighter Mendy Boldin was one of the first responders on scene. Expecting the worst, she was surprised at what she found.
“We were all shocked because we thought, well, we’re going to have to get down there and really do some trauma assistance to him to get him out, but he was fine,” Boldin said.
“That was a God thing.”
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