she said to me, mindy kendall s horse is going to die. and i was like, what? william actually belongs to mindy s 14-year-old daughter kendall, who just got him a few months ago and witnesses him swim away. you know, horses can swim, but they re not great swimmers. that s not their forte. that s for fish. i thought, well, there are sharks, and i knew this great white shark was in this area two days before and attacked a kayak. william is getting farther and farther away, eventually swimming out of view from everyone on shore. local water rescue agencies are notified of william s predicament and several watercraft are dispatched to search for the elusive arabian sea horse. santa barbara harbor patrol officer ryan kelly is part of the search team. in order to find him, it was just a matter of taking conditions into account and start a search pattern like for a man overboard. two hours pass and william is still lost at sea.
tremendous feat, but getting the 1,000-pound beast back safely to shore, well, that s a horse of a different color. luckily, the horse still had its saddle and reins on. we secured as best we could to the side of the boat. both the lifeguards and the fire were able to help with one of our rescue buoys for a little added flotation for keeping his head above the water. it takes more than 90 minutes in the chilling 58-degree water before william makes it back to the beach. by now it s dark outside. and everyone breathes a collective sigh of relief for william s safe return. kendall, put that blanket on him, too. all we could see about three miles out was the boats and their lights. we couldn t see even them. then when he came on shore, he was like from you to me before i could see him. one of the things we were worried about was once we got him on shore if he was to collapse from exhaustion. to everyone s surprise, and you know, we were all happy to see it, he was able to walk to
william is checked for hypothermia and is not seriously injured. in fact, a little more than a month after his ordeal, william and kendall are competing at the earl warren show grounds in santa barbara. kendall s proud father is renowned film producer john peters. when they go in that show, they re bonding together, these two. lights are on them, there s distracting, people yelling and screaming. the family is happy to have william back safe and sound. and officer kelly s family watches william in action, this time on land. thank you so much for what you did to save him. how far out was he actually? was he out by the towers? he wasn t that far, but he was about 2 just under 2 1/2 miles. that s amazing. yeah. you really get the perspective out in the boat. it s just incredible, you know, for well, we saw the lights of you guys coming in, and that s all we could see were the little, little lights in the distance. i was like, he can t be out that far. i mean, it was
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injured. in fact, a little more than a month after his ordeal, william and kendall are competing at the earl warren show grounds in santa barbara. kendall s proud father is renowned film producer john peters. they re bonding together, these two. lights are on them, there s distracting, people yelling and screaming. the family is happy to have william back safe and sound. and officer kelly s family watches william in action. this time on land. thank you so much for what you did to save him. how far out was he actually? was he out by the towers? he wasn t that far, but he was about 2 just under 2 1/2 miles. that s amazing. yeah. you really get the perspective out in the boat. it s incredible. well, we saw the lights of