Horse Rescue

Horses huddle together on a small piece of land in Marrum, Netherlands, Thursday, Nov. 2, 2006. Rescue workers eventually saved the herd of around 100 horses that had been stranded on a tiny knoll since a fierce storm threatened to drown them, in an incident that transfixed the nation. Many of the animals spent three nights knee-deep in water, and 18 drowned.

A ray of sunlight hits a herd of horses stuck on a small knoll in Marrum, Netherlands, Friday, Nov. 3, 2006. Rescue workers saved the herd of around 100 horses that had been stranded on a tiny knoll since a fierce storm hit three days ago in an incident that has transfixed the nation. Many of the animals spent three nights knee-deep in water, and 18 drowned.

Horses huddle together on a small piece of land in Marrum, Netherlands, Thursday, Nov. 2, 2006. Rescue workers eventually saved the herd of around 100 horses that have been stranded them for three days on a tiny knoll since a fierce storm, in an incident that has transfixed the nation. Many of the animals have spent three nights knee-deep in water, and 18 drowned.

Rescue workers mark out a safe track through brackish flood water as a herd of horses is seen stuck on a small knoll in Marrum, Netherlands, Friday, Nov. 3, 2006. Rescuers mounted on horseback and aided by firefighters in small boats safely herded about 100 horses off the small knoll where they had been surrounded by floodwaters for three days. Eighteen horses drowned before the rescue was made.

Rescue workers on horseback lead the first horses of a herd through flooded fields from a small knoll in Marrum, Netherlands, Friday, Nov. 3, 2006. Rescue workers saved the herd of around 100 horses that had been stranded on a tiny knoll since a fierce storm threatened to submerge them three days ago, in an incident that transfixed the nation. (AP Photo/Peter Dejong)

Rescue workers on horseback lead a herd of horses through flooded fields from a small knoll in Marrum, Netherlands, Friday, Nov. 3, 2006. Rescuers saved about 100 horses that had been stranded on the tiny knoll since a fierce storm threatened to drown them three days ago.

Rescue workers on horseback lead a herd of horses through flooded fields from a small knoll in Marrum, Netherlands, Friday, Nov. 3, 2006. Rescue workers saved the herd of around 100 horses that had been stranded on a tiny knoll since a fierce storm threatened to submerge them three days ago, in an incident that transfixed the nation.

Rescue workers lead a herd of horses through flooded fields from a small knoll in Marrum, Netherlands, Friday, Nov. 3, 2006. Rescue workers saved the herd of around 100 horses that have been stranded on a tiny knoll since a fierce storm threatened to submerge them three days ago, in an incident that transfixed the nation. (AP Photo/Peter Dejong)

Rescue workers on horseback lead a herd of horses through flooded fields from a small knoll in Marrum, Netherlands, Friday, Nov. 3, 2006. Rescue workers saved the herd of around 100 horses that had been stranded on a tiny knoll since a fierce hit three days ago, in an incident that has transfixed the nation.

Rescue workers lead the last horse of a herd through flooded fields from a small knoll in Marrum, Netherlands, Friday, Nov. 3, 2006. Rescuers saved the herd of around 100 horses that were stranded on a tiny knoll since a fierce storm threatened to submerge them three days ago, in an incident that has transfixed the nation.

A woman tends to a horse brought ashore that collapsed after rescue workers led a herd of horses through flooded fields in Marrum, Netherlands, Friday, Nov. 3, 2006. Rescuers saved the herd of around 100 horses that had been stranded on a tiny knoll since a fierce storm threatened to submerge them three days ago, in an incident that transfixed the nation. The last horse was rubbed dry and was later taken to a stable.

A herd of wet horses kicks up water after rescue workers led them through flooded fields from a small knoll in Marrum, Netherlands, Friday, Nov. 3, 2006. Rescue workers saved the herd of around 100 horses that had been stranded on a tiny knoll since a fierce storm threatened to drown them.