Man tries to ampuate arm to save himself

Jonathan Metz  was working on his boiler when he dropped something and he tried to get it when his arm got stuck so after about 12 hours calling for help he saw some of his power blades. He tried to convince himself to cut his arm off to be free so he could live and have it re attached. So he tried up until he go to some nerves. The paramedics found him and cut  broke through the boiler. They  amputated the rest of his arm , it couldn't be reattached due to infection.