TUCSON, Ariz. (KGUN) — It’s a story that touched hearts across the country in 2024. It’s been a year since the Eastside community lost Sunny, the horse whose owner says tragically died after an overwhelming amount of stress caused by Fourth of July fireworks.
I sat down with the owner, Holly Hansen, who is not only reflecting on the past year, but also hoping no other animal or pet has to go through the same thing.
There’s not a day that goes by, Hansen says, that she doesn’t think about Sunny. She owned the platinum palomino Tennessee Walker for almost 20 years.
“Every time I come out to feed my horses, I see the spot that she collapsed and died. I pass by it, and it never gets easier. It really doesn’t, you know, maybe one day it will,” Hansen shared.
Last Fourth of July, Hansen says neighbors set off illegal aerial fireworks for about eight hours…