{click to enlarge} (Note that BBC gives AP credit for the shot.)
The video is short and, though lo-res, is worth the few moments of your time that it takes to view:
http://video.google.nl:80/videoplay?docid=-4584913278289860160.
The rescue occurred near Marrum, a municipality located in northwest Friesland, as it turns out very close to Hallum, where my great-, great-grandfather, Hette Pieters Hettema, farmed in the first half of the ninetheeth-century. Hallum was then known as a center of religious conflict, one in which my forebears took a leading role opposing Napoleonic efforts to achieve doctrinal uniformity.
Click this link to view a Google-earth depiction of Mallum with Hallum just below.
The map reproduced below shows Marrum to the north of Hallum (Hallum is boxed in blue - click to enlarge). The other blue boxes show other municipalities associated with my Friesian forebears. Contact me if you'd like access to a web page of mine on these anscestors.
{click to enlarge}This last photo, again from BBC/AP, shows the stranded horses.
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