A Farm Accident, and a Medical Miracle

The Leonard Lopate Show | May 10, 2010
Michael McCarthy reports on the incredible real-life story of an Illinois corn farmer who was so badly burned that only his feet--protected by new steel-toe boots--escaped injury. And he explains the extraordinary medical care the accident inspired, in The Sun Farmer.

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