Horse Rescued from Cistern in St. Croix After Community Rallies to Save It

On Wednesday morning, quick thinking and coordinated community action saved the life of an equine member of the Virgin Islands community. According to St. Croix Rescue Acting Chief Jason Henry, his group was alerted by a social media post from Jennifer Olah, founder Cruzan Cowgirls Horse Rescue, asking for assistance. He assembled his team, and they arrived at the Candido Guadeloupe Terrace housing community to find a horse in distress. The animal had somehow fallen into a cistern through a hole in its top cover, and the injured horse was now trapped. With the equine unable to be pulled or lifted out of its predicament by human hands alone, the team of rescuers quickly realized that mechanical support was needed. “At that point in time I recognized ‘okay, we're gonna need a concrete saw, we're gonna need jackhammers,’” Mr. Henry said. “I literally started to call and order additional resources.” Straps, medication. Mr. Henry ran home to grab tools and a generator. Rescuers began to c...