sandbar in the hila river. he'd been part of a riding party. the riders underestimated how deep and swift the water was. the water washed them and the horses away. the riders made it to shore okay, colorado wound up stranded and, sadly, one of the horses was so badly hurt that it had to be destroyed, but colorado spent four days on that sandbar and was just rescued today. diane ryan from our station fox phoenix joins u now with an update. helicopter rescue, huh, diane? >> reporter: hey, good morning, jon. that's right. happened about a half hour ago. people, lots of people out here with cameras trying to get pictures of colorado flying through the air here in the west valley. you can see down here he is back on ground here and in his horse trailer getting ready to go back to his home here in buckeye. they lifted colorado off of a