John Thompson: 30 years after his farm accident (2024)

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John Thompson, who as an 18-year-old North Dakotan won widespread fame after his arms were ripped off in a farm accident and then reattached in the Twin Cities, looks forward to a more normal life after surviving the highs and lows of celebrity.

May 28, 2022 — 9:34pm

Photojournalist Glen Stubbe has been chief political photographer for the Star Tribune since 2011 and was business photographer and photo editor before that. He was named Visual MN Photographer of the Year twice in a row, first in 2015, and then combined 2016-2017.

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