After a North Dakota man suffered a heart attack, dozens of his neighbors gathered together to help him harvest his crops – putting their own crop-picking on hold in the process.
The man (Lane Unhjem) farms durum wheat and canola at his farm near Crosby, North Dakota. He went into cardiac arrest after his combine harvester caught on fire.
When his neighbors got word, dozens of them gathered at his farm with equipment in tow.
Neighbors who got involved said that helping the family was “just kind of the farming way of life.”
“Everybody knows the Unhjems and they’re good people and good in the community.”
The group was able to harvest over 1,000 acres worth of crops in seven hours.
The man is still hospitalized, but is in stable condition.
