Missing man found in shaft

FORT WAYNE -- A man reported missing by relatives was found more than a day later hiding in a ventilation shaft at Fort Wayne's Shrine Temple.\nPhillip Dean Clouser's family reported him missing Wednesday after they had not seen the 64-year-old since that morning. He was last seen at the Shrine building's restaurant, where he works.\nLate Thursday, a Shrine Temple worker called police after hearing someone coughing in the building's basement. Police searched the basement with no luck until one officer spotted a small access hatch that led to an air ventilation shaft.\nInside, police found Clouser lying on top of a broken cinder block and quickly pulled him out of the shaft, according to a police report.\nClouser, who was covered in dust, told police he had been in the shaft for several days and had neither eaten nor drunk anything during that time.\nClouser, who was in otherwise good condition, was taken to Lutheran Hospital for evaluation.