Farmer overcomes leg injury that has required 12 surgeries
By Tim Mitchell
Tuesday October 14, 2008
Vanda Bidwell
Kenny Thurman uses a specially designed lift to get in the cab of his combine on Monday.
SIDNEY – Kenny Thurman believed he would never farm again after his left leg was shattered on the second to last day of harvest one year ago.
But with the help of a surgically reconstructed leg and a specially built electric lift, Thurman was back at the controls of his red Case International 1660 combine on Monday, ready to harvest a load of corn.
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