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Why a Henning man, pinned under an ATV for 8 hours, owes his life to rural EMS heroes

A coordinated rural response helped save Andy Eckhoff, but doctors later amputated a hand, one leg and part of another after more than 20 procedures.

WADENA, Minn. — When Henning native Andy Eckhoff became trapped beneath his ATV for nearly eight hours after a crash on Memorial Day weekend in 2019, survival depended on more than one ambulance crew or responder. Eckhoff's survival depended on more than one ambulance crew or one responder. He relied on an entire network of rural emergency services — volunteers, EMTs, paramedics, firefighters, law enforcement, Tri-County intercept teams and air …

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Why a Henning man, pinned under an ATV for 8 hours, owes his life to rural EMS heroes

WADENA, Minn. — When Henning native Andy Eckhoff became trapped beneath his ATV for nearly eight hours after a crash on Memorial Day weekend in 2019, survival depended on more than one ambulance crew or responder. Eckhoff's survival depended on more than one ambulance crew or one responder. He relied on an entire network of rural emergency services — volunteers, EMTs, paramedics, firefighters, law enforcement, Tri-County intercept teams and air …

·Cherokee County, United States
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Duluth News Tribune broke the news in Cherokee County, United States on Friday, May 29, 2026.
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