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Alistair Mason
Sep 09, 2021
Tango the horse is pulled from a pond by firefighters (Lowestoft South Fire Station)
A horse stuck in a pond needed 16 firefighters to pull her out.
Five crews from three fire stations were dispatched to help on Thursday morning when Tango who is 32, became stuck in a pond in Mutford in Suffolk
Neil Henderson, watch manager at Red Watch Lowestoft South fire station, said the rescue took “a lot of hard work”.
08:30 this morning Red watch along with on-call #Firefighters from #Lowestoft South, #Wrenthham & #Beccles Rescued… https://t.co/CjaBhD2jNE— Lowestoft South Fire Station (@Lowestoft South Fire Station) 1631192178
He told the East Anglian Daily Times: “We put a special rescue harness under the horse to do a forward drag.
“We then put the strops around Tango and connected a 60-metre general purpose line.
“On the word go, we pulled her and she came out like a cork out of a bottle on to the bank.”
Mr Henderson said she was back to herself within about 10 minutes.
“It puts a smile on our faces when we have a job like that and we have a successful outcome,” he said.