As two women were enjoying canoeing down an Alberta River, they had no idea they would have the chance to save a life. Their drift down the river was interrupted when a horse waded into the water under a highway bridge and abruptly blocked their course. Looking to their right, they realized what the horse was after: a foal was trapped in deep water against the concrete side of a bridge support.
Paddling toward the bank on the other side of the river, the two scared the mother horse away, which at least made things a little safer. Gleig, a former lifeguard, led the rescue effort as the two swam over to the animal. Gleig supported it while Haddad paddled and pushed.
“He didn’t fight back against us, he just let us take him, so that worked out really well.”
The foal's mother never showed back up, so they loaded it into their canoe and took it with them. Amazingly when the got back to dry land, they found the owner. The foal was loaded into their truck and taken home to its mom. All is well that ends well, and this certainly did!