John Thompson(right) is pictured with Dr. Allen Van Beek, the surgeon who reattached his arms in January, 1992. The two men met again in 2012 when Van Beek was given the Sioux Award by his alma ...

The two men met in 1992, on the day when Thompson's arms caught in a tractor's power takeoff unit. The accident severed his right arm at the shoulder and his left arm near the elbow. "John came as ...

On a January day in 1992, an accident on a central North Dakota farm forever changed John Thompson's life. The then-high school senior's arms were severed by a tractor's power intake and ...

FARGO -- On a January day in 1992, an accident on a central North Dakota farm forever changed John Thompson's life. The then-high school senior's arms were severed by a tractor's power takeoff and ...

John Thompson can't button a shirt, shake your hand or write legibly. After 20 years and more than 30 surgeries, the story of an 18-year-old farm boy who had his arms ripped off in a piece of old ...

John Thompson can't button a shirt, shake your hand or write legibly. After 20 years and more than 30 surgeries, the story of an 18-year-old farm boy who had his arms ripped off in a piece of old farm ...