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Unique rescue of a horse in a sinkhole in New Orleans

It happened Leake Avenue and Broadway Street over the weekend
Credit: NOFD

NEW ORLEANS — Firefighters in New Orleans received a unique call for rescue this weekend. Images posted by the department to social media on Saturday afternoon show a horse stuck in a sinkhole.  It happened Leake Avenue and Broadway Street.  We're told that when firefighters left the scene that the horse was alive and seemed to be okay. 

Credit: NOFD
Credit: NOFD
Credit: NOFD

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