Rescuers had to play what was likely the most grueling game of “tug of war” of their lives to rescue a beloved horse from an icy pond in New York.
The horse had fallen through ice on a pond and was in imminent danger of freezing to death, so rescuers had to act fast.
Several people commented on the department’s Facebook post, saying the dramatic video brought them to tears or made them feel tense.
The horse’s owner said she noticed her three horses playing on the frozen pond when she got home from work, which she said “was not uncommon.”
But the next time she glanced out to check on them, her 22–year-old quarter horse Sly had fallen through. But with a lot of tugging "on three!" Sly was FREE!