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Trapped US farmer cuts off own leg to save life

Grain bin storage facilities in Nebraska, the state where Kurt Kaser farmed for decades before his leg became trapped in a corn hopper, forcing him to cut it off with a pocket knife. [Photo: AFP]

A US farmer in his 60s whose leg was horrifically sucked into a corn hopper sawed off the limb with a pocket knife to save his life.

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