A rare happy ending: Baby beats the odds to survive being buried alive

BATESBURG-LEESVILLE, S.C. (WRDW/WAGT) - The survival of Koah Sharp − a baby buried alive − has a rare happy ending for cases like these.A quick and decisive response from law enforcement and a little bit of luck may have saved the 11-month-old’s life.On Wednesday, a day after Koah was found, he’s already back home. But it almost didn’t happen this way.On Wednesday, Koah’s grandfather took News 12 to the would-be grave.It’s where Koah was found the day before inside a dog crate a foot below the surface, crying “at the top of his lungs,” Lexington County Sheriff Jay Koon said. Koah was rescued nearly 24 hours after he was reported missing. The report sparked a massive law enforcement effort that eventually led to the arrest of his father, Michael Comer, 25.Koon said the wire dog crate was wrapped in a towel that trapped enough air for Koah to cling to life. To show us the grave, Koah’s grandfather led us into a wooded area off Parthenon Road with plenty of trees well spaced out. In betwe