ELLENDALE, North Dakota (CNN) -- After surviving a near-fatal accident, Richard Olson recalls the doctor telling him, "You may never walk again."
The Ellendale, North Dakota, farmer had gotten caught in the power takeoff shaft of his farming equipment, and his injuries left him unable to plant his 2,500 acres of soybeans and corn. The accident might have meant the end of his family's farm.
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