Macon he told local NBC affiliate WKYC Channel 3 News that he had no plan when he ran in the direction of the barn. Macon explains he was still in his bedclothes and was wearing no shoes at the time. The teenager jumped inside the family’s four-wheel utility vehicle and headed for a wall of the barn. Macon recounted the story he told local NBC affiliate WKYC Channel 3 News, saying he simply jumped in ‘the gator’ and broke the door down.Shannon says she watched in shock and awe as her son burst into the barn and begin to unlock the stalls. She said she could hear him calling to her from inside the barn. She says she entered the barn through the hole left by the gator and joined her son in the act of ushering the horses from the barn.
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The fourteen horses were completely unharmed by the fire, but the barn was completely destroyed.
Shannon expressed sadness at losing the barn. She said it was a dream of the family to own a barn. She also explained she and her family built the barn with their own hands. The determination showed clear on her face when she said they would build another barn in the same spot.