22 Show Horses Die In Horrifying Barn Fire
Posted on Jan 22, 2012 @ 11:26AM
It took only minutes for 22 magnificent show horses to die in a barn fire Saturday.
The disaster took place at famed Heritage Acres in Lafayette, New Jersey.
A neighbor in the bucolic area saw the Heritage barn ablaze and awoke owners, Art and Betty Hahn, both in their 70s.
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The roof on the football field-size barn collapsed before fire fighter arrived. “It burned right down to the ground,” Art Hahn said.
The horses were all show winners, sent by their owners from around the country to be trained for jumping and dressage competitions all over the East Coast.
“I don’t know if everyone understands the bond between horse people and a horses,” trainer Marion Georgiev told The Star-Ledger. “There are so many thing you learn from them.
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“They only care about how you treat them, and if you make a mistake they forgive you. And when you ride a horse, that bond grows even more because they allow you to do something you can’t do yourself.”
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The Daily Juice
Apr 24, 2012 @ 07:30
~What'th, no attendant? Appears to be ARSON, we owe a bond to the 'trust' animals have in us for their safety; -appallingly tragic the proprietors of this equestrian-facility didn't have the thoughtfulness to have the ceiling fully sprinklered..!!?
Posted Sun, 01/22/2012 - 10:50pm
Oh that's horrible. Horses are such amazing creatures.
Posted Sun, 01/22/2012 - 10:27pm
How is it possible to operate without a sprinkler system?? That would have saved many if not all of these animals..Unbelieveable..
Posted Sun, 01/22/2012 - 10:03pm
Wow, how awful! Maybe this will make someone come up w/an invention that when the smoke alarms activate in a horse barn, doors will automatically open so the poor animals can get out. How sad to not be able to run away from a raging fire!
Posted Sun, 01/22/2012 - 9:25pm
How sad!
Posted Sun, 01/22/2012 - 9:24pm
Oh, let's face it folks. The fire was started on purpose so the owners could collect the insurance money on the horses. To them, the horses were expendable.
Posted Sun, 01/22/2012 - 5:45pm
Read the article, they were not his horses, they were sent there to be trained.
Posted Sun, 01/22/2012 - 9:23pm
Hey ilovegossip, my keyboard makes spelling errors all the time. Don't worry about it. As for those poor horses - how awful. How terrifying to not be able to run from a fire.
Posted Sun, 01/22/2012 - 5:25pm
How sad for these owners and their beautiful horses.
Posted Sun, 01/22/2012 - 5:03pm
This is 20 times more sad than the loss of Paterno. A horse would have done more to help those little boys than that old man.
Posted Sun, 01/22/2012 - 3:19pm