Harses, harses, harses.

My Mom got mad that I didn't get appropriately choked up over this video, but maybe you will:

There was a herd of horses that were trapped for 3 days on a tiny piece of land in wind and rain in the Netherlands a short while ago. The tiny piece of land was surrounded by deep water, and the water kept rising in the storm. The horses’ natural instincts kept them from swimming to solid land from their tiny perch. There were about 100 horses huddled together against the wind and water. The nation was mesmerized watching this drama as 18 of the horses perished, while others were slowly weakening.

First the fire department, then the Dutch army, tried to rescue them – both efforts were unsuccessful.

Then, with a break in the weather, the water level went down and four women hatched a plan to attempt a rescue by luring the horses into the water.

Here's a video of the successful rescue.