Crews Rescue 700-Pound Horse From Pool

Firefighters in Upshur County, Texas, had to use all their strength — and their firetruck — to hoist a horse from his owner’s swimming pool on Wednesday. The owner wasn’t home when a neighbor noticed one horse stuck in the pool while three other horses surrounded it. With the horse “shivering pretty badly,” five firefighters and two sheriff deputies pulled him out, using recovery straps attached to the firetruck. It’s unclear how the horse found himself in the pool, but he’s safe now. — Read more at Today