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Zach Short: <\/strong>Harvest time. That\u2019s when it gets crazy busy for farmers. We work from first light until dark, not stopping for anything. All that matters is getting the crop in. My family\u2019s been farming for four generations here in Kansas, and I can tell you, it\u2019s not just a job. It\u2019s a life. It\u2019s in your blood, your soul.<\/p>\n

\"Zach,We raise milo, corn, soybeans, wheat and hay. We also run a shop where we rebuild combines, and we use our equipment to harvest crops for other farmers. On that day, October 25, 2014, we\u2019d been hired to cut soybeans. Our friend John Tinkler was in a tractor hitched to a grain cart, unloading the beans into a semi via a tall metal auger.<\/p>\n

I was in my combine. Our shop mechanic, Les Ferm, was cutting across the way, when I heard John over the radio. \u201cTractor\u2019s on fire. Anyone got an extinguisher?\u201d<\/p>\n

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Jodi Short: <\/strong>It was a little past noon. I\u2019d put our one-year-old daughter, Brynlee, down for a nap, glad to have a moment to myself. I wasn\u2019t used to the pace of harvest yet. I hadn\u2019t grown up on a farm. I met Zach in college. On school breaks, he worked. To see him, I\u2019d have to ride with him in some piece of farm equipment. That\u2019s where we fell in love\u2014in a combine.<\/p>\n

I loved Zach\u2019s quiet confidence, his faith that he\u2019d been called to be a farmer. I knew he was the one God made for me. We got married and moved into the family farmhouse, just outside Assaria. Zach\u2019s parents moved into town. A year after our wedding, we had Brynlee. Farm life seemed pretty close to perfect.<\/p>\n

Zach: <\/strong>I jumped out of my combine, got in a service truck and drove over to the grain cart. The tractor\u2019s left back tire was on fire. But where was it coming from? John looked underneath the tractor. I went around to check the other side. I grabbed the grain cart ladder with my left hand to high-step the hitch. ZZZZAP! <\/em>A massive electrical shock. The current pinned me to the cart. There was a flash of white light. Then everything went dark.<\/p>\n

\"LesLes Ferm: <\/strong>I pulled up right behind Zach. My eyes went to the auger. It was pressing against a power line. \u201cZach! Don\u2019t touch\u2014\u201d I yelled. Too late. There was snapping, crackling. Flames shot out of Zach\u2019s head and feet.<\/p>\n

I had to get him off that cart, but I couldn\u2019t touch him without getting shocked myself. I checked the service truck. The bed was full of tools. Metal\u2014useless. There. A small plastic shovel with a wooden handle. A friend had found it in the road a few days earlier. Zach didn\u2019t think it was ours, but I\u2019d tossed it in the truck anyway.<\/p>\n

I grabbed the shovel, hooked its scoop on his shoulder and yanked. Zach tumbled to the ground and lay there. Motionless. Not breathing. I\u2019d worked for the Shorts for 16 years. I\u2019d known Zach since he was a kid. How was I going to tell his mom and dad he was dead? Then I heard something. A shallow breath.<\/p>\n

Jodi Short: <\/strong>The phone rang. Zach\u2019s mom. \u201cZach\u2019s been in an accident,\u201d she said. \u201cI\u2019m coming to pick you up.\u201d A friend stayed with Brynlee. We rushed to the hospital in Salina. A doctor told us that Zach had suffered a 7,200-volt shock. He\u2019d been conscious and talking with the paramedics. But his burns were so severe, he\u2019d been put in a medically induced coma. \u201cIs he going to live?\u201d I asked.<\/p>\n

\u201cI don\u2019t know,\u201d the doctor said. \u201cYou can see him for a few minutes. We\u2019ve got to airlift him to the burn center in Wichita.\u201d<\/p>\n

Zach was zipped up in a protective bag. Only his face was visible, burned so badly that I barely recognized him. \u201cHang on, Zach,\u201d I whispered to him. \u201cI love you.\u201d<\/p>\n

Zach\u2019s mom drove me home to pack a bag and get Brynlee. In the car, I took out my phone and posted on Facebook: \u201cPlease pray for my husband. He\u2019s been in a bad farming accident.\u201d<\/p>\n

\"JustinJustin Knopf: <\/strong>I was harvesting when I felt my phone buzz around 3:00 p.m. It was a neighbor texting: \u201cZach Short\u2019s been injured.\u201d I live in Gypsum, about 12 miles from the Shorts. They\u2019re the kind of folks who are always helping others. Now they needed help. I thought of the scripture \u201cWhere two or three of you are gathered in my name, there am I among them.\u201d So I radioed the guys working with me. We climbed down from our combines and prayed together.<\/p>\n

I wished there was something more I could do. Later it came to me: What if every day a few of us stopped what we were doing and prayed for Zach at 10:00 a.m. and 4:00 p.m.? As in 10-4, understood. <\/em>A radio code every farmer knows. A way to think of Zach in the middle of the harvest. I texted a few friends and put something on Facebook.<\/p>\n

Jodi: <\/strong>Three days after the accident, Zach was still comatose, clinging to life at the burn center. I was with family in the waiting room when a nurse rushed in. \u201cYou need to come with me,\u201d she said. \u201cRun!\u201d We raced to Zach\u2019s room in the ICU. \u201cHe\u2019s coding,\u201d the nurse said. A doctor was doing chest compressions on him. I screamed. Nine torturous minutes passed. Finally, the doctor said, \u201cI\u2019ve got a pulse!\u201d<\/p>\n

A nurse led me back to the waiting room. Gulping tears, I told everyone what had happened. I wrote on Facebook: \u201cZach needs prayers. Now!\u201d<\/p>\n

\"LoriLori Blake: <\/strong>I was the HR manager at a nonprofit. I was in a meeting with 15 coworkers, including Zach\u2019s sister, Kelsie. Our phones buzzed at the same time. \u201cStop what you\u2019re doing and pray for Zach!\u201d Jodi had posted.<\/p>\n

I\u2019d known Zach since he was little, when I worked at the town gas station. I remembered him, his brother and sister coming in for Cokes. Such great kids. The meeting came to a halt. All of us bowed our heads and prayed.<\/p>\n

Jodi: <\/strong>That night the doctor told us Zach had only hours to live. His kidneys were failing, his lungs full of fluid. \u201cWe\u2019ve done all we can,\u201d the doctor said. \u201cIf he codes again, how do you want to proceed?\u201d<\/p>\n

I made the decision to stop forcing air into his lungs, and we put Zach in God\u2019s hands. The chaplain came, a Catholic priest who administered last rites. Family and friends packed the hallway, praying. I sat beside Zach, Brynlee in my arms. \u201cDaddy\u2019s going to heaven,\u201d I tried to explain. The doctor had told me his vital signs would drop slowly and he would pass away. I watched his monitors, waiting.<\/p>\n

The hours passed and his numbers didn\u2019t drop. They inched up. Could it be? He wasn\u2019t dying! He was rallying!<\/p>\n

By morning Zach\u2019s lungs were clearing. His kidneys were working. \u201cThis isn\u2019t anything I\u2019ve done,\u201d the doctor said. \u201cThis is God.\u201d I knew we would need many more miracles. More than half of Zach\u2019s body had been severely burned.<\/p>\n

On November 6, the doctor asked me to sign a form authorizing the amputation of Zach\u2019s legs. \u201cThey\u2019re badly burned and infected,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

How could Zach be a farmer without his legs? I wanted to talk to him about such a weighty decision.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe can\u2019t wait,\u201d the doctor said. \u201cIf the infection spreads, it will kill him.\u201d<\/p>\n

I took a deep breath and signed.<\/p>\n

Justin: <\/strong>Combines all over the county were stopping at 10:00 and 4:00. Folks in town were praying at the same times. Someone put up a sign at the Assaria city limits asking people to pray for Zach. As a week passed, then two, I found myself lingering longer each time I bowed my head. The harvest could wait.<\/p>\n

Jodi: <\/strong>It had been 20 days since the accident. I spent my days at Zach\u2019s bedside, watching for his eyes to open, a finger to twitch. At night I would crawl into bed at a relative\u2019s house. One morning the phone startled me as it rang at 6:00 a.m. I was almost too scared to answer it.<\/p>\n

\u201cZach\u2019s awake!\u201d the doctor on the line told me. \u201cHe\u2019s asking for you.\u201d<\/p>\n

I got to the hospital as fast as I could. But I didn\u2019t know what to tell Zach. \u201cJodi, why are you acting so weird?\u201d he asked.<\/p>\n

\u201cYou\u2019ve been in a bad accident,\u201d I said. \u201cI was worried you wouldn\u2019t even know who I was.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cI would never forget you,\u201d he said. \u201cOr Brynlee.\u201d<\/p>\n

Lori: <\/strong>The day Zach came out of his coma, God\u2019s praises were sung and many people found ways to help. Jodi\u2019s sister started a GoFundMe page and donations poured in. A bucket was passed at home football games. I\u2019d volunteered to help with a spaghetti dinner and auction. Farmers donated equipment and services for the auction\u2014things folks here really value, like a cattle guard and hay grinding. Jordy Nelson, a star receiver with the Green Bay Packers, who grew up an hour away from here, donated a signed jersey. Jordy Nelson!<\/p>\n

Zach: <\/strong>Two days after I woke from the coma, Jodi still seemed nervous about something. \u201cThey had to take your legs,\u201d she told me. \u201cYou would have died otherwise. They say you\u2019ll be able to get prosthetics.\u201d<\/p>\n

I looked down at the bed sheet. It lay flat where my legs should have been. That didn\u2019t seem real. Not as real as the pain. My body felt like it was on fire. Not just on the outside, but inside my muscles and bones.<\/p>\n

Jodi: <\/strong>I was so relieved he wasn\u2019t devastated about losing his legs. I couldn\u2019t bring myself to tell him the doctor was talking about amputating the arm he\u2019d grabbed the grain cart ladder with. The electricity had ripped through his arm and shoulder, burning him from the inside out.<\/p>\n

\u201cCan you try to move your left arm?\u201d I asked. Zach grimaced, gritting his teeth. Ever so slightly his arm moved. I wanted to scream for joy.<\/p>\n

Zach: <\/strong>That tiny movement was the start of a long journey. Next I went to Barnes Jewish Hospital in St. Louis. Surgeons there operated on me more than 20 times, removing damaged tissue, then reconstructing tendons and muscles, grafting skin.<\/p>\n

I found myself growing depressed. My limitations were becoming all too real. What good would I be, hobbling around the fields on prosthetics? Trying to climb up into a combine and falling?<\/p>\n

\"Alex\u200bAlex Weller: <\/strong>Zach and I were roommates freshman year in college. I was a lot less motivated than he was. He made me go to class. I never would have passed without him. Never would have gone on to become the owner of Exit 14 Restaurant in Gypsum. As soon I heard about the spaghetti dinner and auction, I signed up to supply all the food. Helped organize everything that went into it. We served more than 700 meals and raised $70,000 for Zach. Volunteers wore T-shirts that I designed. \u201cNothing short of a miracle,\u201d they read. It really felt that way. We\u2019d all been part of something life-changing.<\/p>\n

Jodi: <\/strong>From Barnes, Zach went to University of Kansas Medical Center for five weeks of rehabilitation. On Valentine\u2019s Day, we finally headed home. We exited I-35 at Assaria. At the end of the ramp, a police car was waiting to escort us. Cars and people were lining every inch of the overpass. Along the main drag, we saw even more folks. \u201cWhat have you been up to?\u201d Zach asked me.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt wasn\u2019t my idea,\u201d I said. \u201cEveryone wanted to welcome you home.\u201d<\/p>\n

Now I understood what it meant to be part of a farm community. People had been there for us every step of the way, making sure our fields got harvested, supporting us financially and in prayer. I knew they\u2019d be with us through whatever challenges lay ahead.<\/p>\n

Zach: <\/strong>Seeing friends and neighbors, even strangers, cheering for me, waving \u201cWelcome Home\u201d and \u201cWe Love You\u201d signs\u2026 I didn\u2019t make it a block before the tears hit. I\u2019ve carried everyone\u2019s love and prayers with me ever since, through months of physical and occupational therapy, adjusting to life as a farmer with prosthetic legs, even operating a combine again. Absolutely, I get discouraged\u2014but never for long. My family, friends and neighbors always lift me back up. That\u2019s what farmers do\u2014we help each other.<\/p>\n

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