Shirley Lajti, left, and her husband Ron Lajti joke around at their kitchen table in Graytown, Ohio.
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Ottawa County farmer Ron Lajti, 71, points to where he landed after falling 27 feet through his barn roof in July. He landed on a tire, but barely missed the rollers and teeth of the cultimulcher in the narrow opening. His wife found him after he was late for lunch.
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Ron Lajti, 71, stands in the barn where he fell through the roof in July breaking several bones and suffering head trauma. Now he's getting his final clearance from doctors days before Christmas to resume normal activities of driving and work on the farm.
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Ron Lajti, 71, stands in the barn where he fell through the roof 27" in July breaking several bones and suffering head trauma.
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Ron Lajti, 71, stands in the barn and looks up to where he fell 27" through the roof in July breaking several bones and suffering head trauma.
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A picture of the roof, in green, where Ron Lajti fell 27 feet from the roof to the ground breaking several bones and suffering head trauma.
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Ron Lajti, 71, is visited by his pastor Rita Bair while he was recovering in the hospital.
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Therapy at St. Charles Hospital has helped Mr. Lajti return to being independent.