CONROE, Texas — Sometimes heroics don’t come with lights and sirens. Sometimes they come with steady hands, patience and a whole lot of heart.
On Monday morning, January 26, a concerned citizen walked into Conroe Fire Station 5 with an urgent request: a 35-year-old horse nearby had been down on the ground for hours and couldn’t get back up.
The horse had reportedly been unable to stand since about 5:30 a.m., but by around 11:30 a.m., firefighters from Engine 5 were on scene and quickly realized this would take more than muscle power alone. Ladder 1 was called in for extra help, and soon a small team formed — firefighters working side by side with a veterinarian and a nurse…