what are a few toes
A 61-year-old retired logger was forced to cut off his toes to free himself after his foot was pinned under his six-tonne trailer.
Alone in a remote forest and fearing death if he did not get free, John Hutt used a 3-inch pocket knife to cut off all his right toes. "It hurt so bad," Hutt said, "I would cut for a while and then I had to rest." Hutt then wrapped his foot in a shirt and drove for His ordeal was first reported in the Grand Junction Daily Sentinel
Hutt, who runs a crane business and goes logging "for fun",help.
He had gone into the woods by himself on 19 August to retrieve a pile of fallen aspen trees to cut for winter firewood. A trailer attached to his truck slipped and landed on his foot.
He said he began to cut off his toes half an hour later when he realised no one could hear his cries for help. He couldn't reach his mobile phone, which was in his truck and out of range anyway.
Hutt had told his wife he would be back in several hours from a job 50 miles away, but he did not know when she might start searching for him.
"I cut off my boot to see my foot, and once I realized how bad it was, I started cutting off my toes," Hutt said.
Once freed, Hutt drove toward his home outside Montrose, about 175 miles south-west of Denver. He called for help once he had phone reception. An ambulance met him on the way.
His severed toes were retrieved and taken to the hospital, but were too mangled to be re-attached.
"They told me there was no hope for them. They said there was nothing to attach the toes to," he said.
Instead, doctors sewed his foot shut and wrapped it in bandages. Doctors warned him he may face more surgery.
Hutt said his wife met him at the hospital and asked him if he was OK. "There was no crying or whining," he said.
Hutt has also worked as a miner, ran a saw mill, built log houses and grew up on a ranch.
His wife, Margaret, said she began to shake when she got a voicemail saying: "Please call, I cut my foot off." She was only slightly relieved to learn it was just the toes.Hutt said he never thought about the 2003 ordeal of Aaron Ralston, who amputated his right arm after it was pinned beneath a boulder in a Utah canyon, until someone reminded him about it at the hospital.
Ralston's story became the subject of the movie "127 Hours."
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Alone in a remote forest and fearing death if he did not get free, John Hutt used a 3-inch pocket knife to cut off all his right toes. "It hurt so bad," Hutt said, "I would cut for a while and then I had to rest." Hutt then wrapped his foot in a shirt and drove for His ordeal was first reported in the Grand Junction Daily Sentinel
Hutt, who runs a crane business and goes logging "for fun",help.
He had gone into the woods by himself on 19 August to retrieve a pile of fallen aspen trees to cut for winter firewood. A trailer attached to his truck slipped and landed on his foot.
He said he began to cut off his toes half an hour later when he realised no one could hear his cries for help. He couldn't reach his mobile phone, which was in his truck and out of range anyway.
Hutt had told his wife he would be back in several hours from a job 50 miles away, but he did not know when she might start searching for him.
"I cut off my boot to see my foot, and once I realized how bad it was, I started cutting off my toes," Hutt said.
Once freed, Hutt drove toward his home outside Montrose, about 175 miles south-west of Denver. He called for help once he had phone reception. An ambulance met him on the way.
His severed toes were retrieved and taken to the hospital, but were too mangled to be re-attached.
"They told me there was no hope for them. They said there was nothing to attach the toes to," he said.
Instead, doctors sewed his foot shut and wrapped it in bandages. Doctors warned him he may face more surgery.
Hutt said his wife met him at the hospital and asked him if he was OK. "There was no crying or whining," he said.
Hutt has also worked as a miner, ran a saw mill, built log houses and grew up on a ranch.
His wife, Margaret, said she began to shake when she got a voicemail saying: "Please call, I cut my foot off." She was only slightly relieved to learn it was just the toes.Hutt said he never thought about the 2003 ordeal of Aaron Ralston, who amputated his right arm after it was pinned beneath a boulder in a Utah canyon, until someone reminded him about it at the hospital.
Ralston's story became the subject of the movie "127 Hours."
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*
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Comment
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US Republican presidential candidate and Tea Party favourite, Michele Bachmann
The Tea Party has a point about religion and the founding fathers
Theo Hobson: Only a few of the founding fathers were serious about separating church and state – and liberals need to acknowledge this
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Why is crime in the US at a historic low?
*
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