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- Farming accidents have always been

one of the main thingsthat have scared me.

- [Narrator] September 22nd, 2020

Crockett County, Tennessee,

Kelly Griggs, and her husband, Matt,

a fifth generationfarmer had just completed

the corn harvest for the season.

They both left for their house separately

with Kelly being the first to arrive.

But after a few minutes of not hearing

or seeing Matt's combineharvester coming up the road,

she began to feel uneasy.

- He was literally right behindme after I left the field.

You can hear the combinetwo, three miles away.

So that made me worried.

- [Narrator] Kelly wasgetting into a truck

to go check on Matt

when she received a phonecall from her neighbor.

- Ms. Kelly, this is Nolan,

Matt's had an accident,

he's hurt, he's really hurt.

And that's when I basically floored.

- [Narrator] Matt was only acouple of minutes down the road

from the house when hiscombine hit a rough spot,

causing it to bounce out of control.

Not wearing a seatbelt,

he was launched through the wind screen

and landed hard on the pavement,

just feet from the 20ton combine's front tire.

As Kelly came over the hill,

she caught her first glimpseof the combine's wreckage

and her mind went to a dark place.

- And I thought he's been run over.

(sirens blaring)

- [Narrator] Meanwhile, Dr. Mike Revelle,

Medical Director and Chiefof Emergency Services

for West Tennessee Healthcareheard on his scanner

that Matt had beenejected from the combine.

A friend of Matt's,Dr. Revelle immediately

went to meet the ambulance at the hospital

to see to him personally.

- I expected, based onthe report from EMS,

that he was gonna be very injured.

Once you're thrown from the vehicle,

you know, all bets are off.

- [Narrator] As Matt was being evaluated

by Dr. Revelle in the emergency room,

Kelly was outside contactingas many people as possible

asking for prayer.

- I don't know what it was,

but it was like someonetelling me to call my friends.

My grandmother always taught me,

if you can't pray for yourself,

then get others to pray for you

because multiple voicesare better than one.

- [Narrator] Matt had a crushedvertebrae, five broken ribs

and a severe concussion alongwith abrasions down his back.

But what amazed Dr. Revelle was that

Matt had no internal bleeding

or other life-threatening trauma.

- You combine that with sudden stop

and being thrown through a windshield,

bounced off a steering wheel,slammed onto the pavement,

and then by the graceof God and not run over

by whatever you're in,

absolutely surprised thatthe scan was clean as it was.

- [Narrator] Matt wasdischarged from the hospital

the same day.

It wasn't until he got homeand inspected his combine

that Matt realized his miraculous survival

came down to only three wires

that kept him from being run over.

- Those three wires hadbeen cut cleanly in half,

but the rest of that bundlewas completely intact.

It should have still kept moving forward.

There's no logical reason

for just those three wires to be cut.

But those three wires iswhat stopped the machine.

There's only one way to explain it,

the good Lord would put hisprotective hand over me,

he stopped the combine.

God is the only thing thatcan break the laws of physics

and stop 40,000 poundsmoving at 22 miles an hour

in its tracks.

- [Narrator] Dr. Revelle also credits God

for Matt's outcome.

- Well you know, I thinkthat's part of what faith is,

you have to believe.

And I see things every day that

I can't put one and onetogether to make two to happen.

But, you know, I thinkhe had a hand in this

and God blessed Matt to still be able

to climb in and out of that cab

and give those directionsjust like he always has.

- [Narrator] It tookseveral weeks of recovery

before Matt was back on his feet

and ready to get behind thewheel of his combine again.

Both he and Kelly believe, it was prayer

and their trust in God's protection

that ultimately saved Matt.

- I can't imagine anybodygoing through this experience

without having faith.

And I think the mostpowerful thing you can do

is ask someone to pray for you.

- It was an amazing experience

to be able to feel thepower of the prayer,

the presence of the Lord.

I mean, every day I'm ableto step out on this farm,

I mean, it's a blessing.

The accident shown me that,you know, life's short,

you know, just try to be alittle bit more easy going

and appreciate everythingthat God's given me.

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