Ropes, pulleys and patience: Inside the dramatic rescue of an injured horse in Valley City

VALLEY CITY, Ohio — When a thousand-pound animal decides it’s not getting up, you don’t simply grab a few friends and count to three. You call in ropes. Pulleys. And a surprising number of trained rescuers. That reality was on full display Sunday evening, when firefighters and rope rescue specialists spent hours working together to lift an injured horse off the ground inside a Valley City ...