A farmer cut his leg with a razor to get away from the machines in which he was stuck

The situation limits it forced to a desperate move. The farmer Kurt Kaser, from Nebraska, was surprised by unloading corn using heavy machinery and decided to amputate one leg with a knife, to get rid of it and ask for help .

Kaser, 63, living in Pender, got out of his truck and accidentally stepped on an opening of the grain conveyor. The worm system grabbed her leg and started pulling it.

The subject, unable to unlock his member, he did not have a phone at his fingertips to ask for help. His calls for help did not make sense, that there was no one around him who could hear him. His family was gone.

"When that happened, I remember thinking: "This is not good. This is not good at all. ", he reminded the channel KETV.

Kurt did not wait for the four days spent at mountaineer Aron Ralston, whose experience with the stuck arm was described by James Franco in the movie "127 Hours". I could not let time pbad because the machine was still running and was trying to move forward. He took out a pocket knife and started cutting under the knee.

"I thought I would faint, but I convinced myself to continue"he said to NBC. "I did what I thought I should do, and it worked." Kaser also described the extreme feeling of pain that he had when he cut off the nerves. Everything lasted less than five minutes.

Once he was free, crawl about 45 meters from the nearest phonefrom where he asked for help and was transferred to the hospital by plane.

The farmer was released Friday from a rehabilitation center. You will have to wait until the amputated leg heals completely before receiving a prosthesis. In addition, he hopes his story will serve as a precautionary measure for other colleagues working with dangerous machines.

(With information from AP and AFP)