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We were also interested to learn more about John Thompson. He’s the guy who lost both arms in a freak farming accident. But still managed to dial emergency services by using a pencil between his lips. AgWeek tracked Thompson down two decades after the accident to find out how he’s doing. “On Saturday morning, Jan. 11, 1992, Thompson was unloading pig feed with a grain auger and playing with the dog when he somehow got too close to the power takeoff shaft (PTO), which didn’t have a safety shield on it,” reported the agriculture magazine.
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Thompson told them during the interview that his shirt wasn’t tucked in, and it’s suspected it got twisted in the PTO shaft. The last thing he remembers was spinning on the shaft. He woke later to his dog licking his face and both arms gone. Thompson walked 100 yards to the house. And used his mouth to turn the doorknob, and a pencil to dial the phone to get help. “Then he sat in the bathtub to prevent blood from getting on his mom’s new carpet,” reports the magazine.
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Thompson was put into a coma for four weeks and almost died after contracting an infection. He miraculously made it through more surgery and months of rehabilitation. Thompson gave up farming for real estate once he’d recovered. But couldn’t receive a regular paycheck because of his disability insurance. He revealed that he’s suffered from depression for decades.
