(Minghui.org) In the last 20 years, farmers in my hometown in northeast China, including me, have started to grow vegetables and flowers in greenhouses.
My leg and pelvis were pulled into the straw curtains used in greenhouses by an electric rolling machine on January 4, 2015. Although many have died this way, I survived thanks to Falun Dafa.
Caught in the Rolling Curtain
My name is Li Hao. I am 45 years old and live on a farm where my nearest neighbor lives two miles away.
There are 10 large greenhouses on my farm. Each greenhouse is covered with over 100 straw curtains, and each one weighs about 50 kilos. In winter these curtains are simultaneously rolled up by electric rolling machines in the morning to let the sun shine in, and at night they are rolled down to keep the heat inside.
I went up to the roof of one of the greenhouses to open the curtains one morning in the dead of winter. I turned on the rolling machine. Just then I noticed that one of the ropes was loose, which would prevent the curtain from rolling up evenly. I tried to tighten the rope by hand, but it wouldn't budge. I then tried to use my body and hands to make it move.
The corner of my jacket got caught and rolled into the curtain. I was terrified and tried to pull it out, but it was too late. The two corners of my jacket were rolled in. The machine turned once and twice. A large part of my jacket was rolled into the rolled curtain. I shouted, “Help! Help!” My calf was rolled in when the machine turned the third time. The fourth time my thigh was rolled in. And my torso was rolled in on the fifth turn. I screamed for help, but nobody heard me. Only my dog heard me and barked madly.
The rolling machine was still turning at the speed of nine times per minute. In my panic, I remembered that I am a Falun Dafa practitioner and Master Li, the founder of Dafa, is looking after me at all times. So I shouted in my loudest voice, “Master please help me. I am not going to die!”
The machine immediately stopped rolling. Our compassionate Master saved me! But I was being squeezed tightly and nearly suffocating. My left leg was as high as my shoulder and was severely bruised. I felt terrible. I had to think of a way to release myself.
Saved by Hints from Master
I was not able to take out my mobile phone. It was in my pocket inside the machine. But it did protect my liver from being damaged. I could not see a soul. I spit out several mouthfuls of blood. I was wondering how to cut the nylon rope. I asked Master for help. Master hinted that I use my teeth. I realized that I needed to bite through the nylon rope, but it was very thick. I bit it several times but was not successful. My mouth was bleeding. I asked Master for help again. After I bit away most of the rope, I had no more strength to finish. I asked Master for help again and finally bit off the remaining piece. Then I fell from the roof to the ground.
The rolling machine was still spinning, and I could smell that something was burning. I knew it could set the greenhouses on fire at any time. There was a high voltage transformer not far away, so it would be a disaster if there was a fire.
I was at the back of the greenhouse, and the rolling machine was three meters away. I didn't know how I could reach the machine. I was not able to move. My leg and weight held me back. The smoking electric belt was sparking and could start a fire at any time.
I shouted with all my strength, “Master, please help me turn off the switch.” I do not know how I managed to reach the switch and turn it off. A possible fire was avoided. By then I was feeling cold and weak and could no longer move.
“Falun Dafa Is Wonderful. Thank You, Master, for Saving My Sister!”
It was very cold outside. I was shivering and could hardly stay awake. According to the sun's position, I estimated it was noon, and my husband would not come home until it got dark. I thought I would not survive until then. Though my dog barked terribly, nobody passed by. I said to myself, “Master, I am not going to die. I still have to save sentient beings.”
I looked up and saw someone walking by my gate. I waved and screamed to him, but my voice was still weak. The dog's barking caught his attention. He immediately called my relatives.
During the four hours of my battle against death, Master saved me again and again. An hour later my relatives arrived. My brother was in the greenhouse business, too. His male neighbor had died in an accident with the rolling machine 10 days before.
He looked for me after he came in, afraid what he would find. Then he shouted for me and asked if I was still alive.
When he realized that I was alive, he shouted, “Falun Dafa is wonderful. Thank you, Master Li, for saving my sister!”
I was taken to the hospital. My pelvis was crushed and a muscle strained. The doctor said I had to stay in the hospital for 35 days, but I did not. I went home instead, did the Dafa exercises, and studied the Falun Dafa teachings every day. I was able to walk nine days later and recovered within a month.
It has been one year since the accident. When I go to our local market, people still talk about it, because I am the only survivor of an electric rolling machine accident. About 10 people in my village have died in similar accidents.
