Horse Visits Terminally Ill Friend in Hospital

This is a bittersweet image of a dying man being granted one of his last wishes--to see his friend, Ben, a horse he worked with.

Thomas Thorpe of Chesterfield, England, passed away from a brain tumor at the end of June at Clay Cross Hospital in England.

Before he died, the staff arranged for Ben to pay him a visit.

I am sure lots of hoops had to be jumped through in order to make this happen, but it was so worth it to everyone who knew Thorpe.

"He loved those horses so much. He was always out wanting to spend time with them. He loved being on the market, with Ben and the other horse Sam," said Donna Clark, the wife of Mr. Thorpe's nephew, and the owner of both horses.

"We are going to miss him terribly, but we are just relieved that he is no longer suffering," she said.