LEROY, N.D. – Ted Eagan was a self-made, successful farmer in Pembina County in 1982 when a farm accident, where he slipped on the rung of a ladder and was spun around in an unguarded power takeoff (PTO) shaft, permanently altered his life and the lives of his family.
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