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Bad asses of the day: Oregon teen sisters lift 3,000 pound tractor to save dad
LEBANON, OR (KPTV) -
Two teens may have saved their father's life when they lifted a 3,000-pound tractor off his chest.
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PHOTOS: Teen girls lift 3,000 pound tractor off dad
"We just did it. We both did it. I don't see how I did it, I think she did all the work."
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Jeff Smith was working on the tractor at his home in Lebanon last week when it flipped over and pinned him underneath.
He screamed for help and his two girls, 14 and 16 years old, came running. Within minutes, they lifted the tractor off of him.
Looking at Smith today, with only a cast on his wrist and some abrasions, you might not believe what happened to him.
He said he was trying to pull a stump out of the ground when his foot slipped on the clutch and the whole thing flipped over.
"The steering wheel and the steering column is what had me pinned on my chest," he said.
His daughters quickly arrived at the scene and started digging. Then they called 911.
"I can't dig fast enough and I'm freaking out," said Haylee Smith, 14. "I just cannot dig fast enough."
http://www.kptv.com/story/21926270/teen-girls-lift-3000-pound-tractor-off-their-trapped-dad
Two teens may have saved their father's life when they lifted a 3,000-pound tractor off his chest.
MORE
PHOTOS: Teen girls lift 3,000 pound tractor off dad
"We just did it. We both did it. I don't see how I did it, I think she did all the work."
More >
Jeff Smith was working on the tractor at his home in Lebanon last week when it flipped over and pinned him underneath.
He screamed for help and his two girls, 14 and 16 years old, came running. Within minutes, they lifted the tractor off of him.
Looking at Smith today, with only a cast on his wrist and some abrasions, you might not believe what happened to him.
He said he was trying to pull a stump out of the ground when his foot slipped on the clutch and the whole thing flipped over.
"The steering wheel and the steering column is what had me pinned on my chest," he said.
His daughters quickly arrived at the scene and started digging. Then they called 911.
"I can't dig fast enough and I'm freaking out," said Haylee Smith, 14. "I just cannot dig fast enough."
http://www.kptv.com/story/21926270/teen-girls-lift-3000-pound-tractor-off-their-trapped-dad
