Overview
- Port Authority officers responded around 6:30 p.m., determined the horse had crossed airport property onto the Van Wyck Expressway, and contained it at the entrance to Terminal 1.
- The animal, identified in local reports as Sundance, was uninjured and reunited with its owner at Curly's Cowboy Center in Jamaica, Queens.
- Lt. Luis Calderon and Officer Nicholas Delgado said they used a flashlight and a steady approach to angle the horse into position and take hold without a struggle.
- The Port Authority Police lieutenants union praised the lieutenant’s quick thinking, and the owner plans to present him with an honorary lasso.
- Curly’s Cowboy Center attributed the escape to a gap in a gate that was not properly locked, and authorities said traffic near the terminal cleared by about 8 p.m.