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Hero at Horse Therapy Ranch
November 4, 2007 |
Jim Tindell, Manager of a Saugus equestrian facility that helps disabled children braved the inferno to round up and rescue the organization’s 12 therapy horses.
Tindell was picked up at Texas Canyon by a Forestry Grossman Burn Center where he is expected to remain for three more weeks undergoing skin grafts.
The fire ravaged the Heads Up Therapy With Horses facility in the Angeles National Forest. With flames approaching, Tindell sent his wife, daughter and son away as he worked to round up the facility’s horses.
When he realized he couldn’t do it alone, he ran south on Bouquet Canyon Road and Tindell - who suffers from Parkinson’s disease - fell several times.
Jim’s brother, Tim Tindell, and some forest rangers were able to get the horses into a safe arena on that fire-filled Sunday.
The next day, the horses were rescued by a sheriff’s deputy and others who took them to a temporary home at Magic Ranch.
 Gypsy an 8-year old quarter-horse pony was the only horse that was hurt, suffering burns around her eyes, muzzle, back and right rear leg. Tindell is expected to fully recover.
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