VIENNA (Reuters) - It took 25 firefighters, his wife and a son to roll Lulu the cow off Austrian farmer Leopold Zeilinger after she fell on him.
When Zeilinger discovered the 1,764-pound cow was too sick to stand up for milking, he used a winch to suspend her in the air. Part of the gear broke and Lulu toppled onto him, the daily Krone reported Wednesday.
Zeilinger suffered several broken bones and was airlifted to a hospital.
There was no word on Lulu's fate.

Wow! I hope he's ok. Please let the cow live!

Poor cow....................:)

All I can think of is how dumb can one person be. No way I would lift 1700 pounds of anything and get under it.......:)

Oh that poor cow!!! I hope that the cow is o.k.

that poor cow i hope it was not hurt ha ha

I believe it was James Herriot who wrote of a veterinarian who was called out to treat a bloated cow which was laying in a barn full of straw. The oldstyle way of dealing with bloat in cattle was to use basically a very large bore needle, poke a hole in the cow's side, and let the gas (primarily methane) out.

On this occasion the vet decided to see what would happen if he held a cigarette lighter to the gas jet blowing out of the cow. He set fire to the barn, which burned to the ground. The cow, however, was up and around in a matter of moments.

I suppose I should also mention the old Navy man who lived not far from me and died just a few months ago. His last wish was to be buried at sea. Three of his sons drowned while trying to do so.