taking off in the air. she flies for 30 awful minutes. witnesses say from the ground, they could hear the animal braying. >> i think it's never happened in russia before. so we weren't ready for that kind of accident. >> the donkey finally lands in the water and is pulled to shore, where she's checked by a veterinarian. the video sparks outcry from animal rights groups. the man behind the stunt goes into hiding at a friend's house with the flying donkey. anna tracks them down in a city an hour away. she's the first journalist to find them. >> she was standing in the garden alone. she looked okay. she wasn't damaged. she felt happy to see us, because i bring a lot of food for her, like vegetables. >> but the tale of the flying donkey doesn't end there. with the help of the donkey's
donkey, she was crying as well. it's summer 2010. and as part of a bizarre publicity stunt, a local tourist operator rents a donkey and uses it to promote his parasailing business by flying the terrified animal 150 feet in the air. >> they didn't think a lot about what they're doing. the poor donkey, i feel the pain for her. >> a correspondent for the news agency east to west and a frequent contributor to the british newspaper "the sun." >> people, they made pictures of her and like video of her. i think that people couldn't believe this could happen. >> the video shows the donkey strapped into a harness and taking off in the air. she flies for 30 awful minutes. witnesses say from the ground, they could hear the animal braying. >> i think it's never happened in russia before.
witnesses say, from the ground, they could hear the animal braying. >> i think it's never happened in russia before. so we weren't ready for that kind of accident. >> the donkey finally lands in the water and is pulled to shore, where she's checked by a veterinarian. the video sparks outcry from animal rights groups. the man behind the stunt goes into hiding at a friend's house with the flying donkey. anna tracks them down in a city an hour away. she's the first journalist to find them. >> she was standing in the garden alone. she looked okay. she wasn't damaged. she felt happy to see us, because i bring a lot of food for her, like vegetables. >> but the tale of the flying donkey doesn't end there. with the help of the donkey's real owner, anna helps rescue the animal from the parasailing businessmen.
believe this could happen. >> the video shows the donkey strapped into a harness and then taking off in the air. she flies for 30 awful minutes. witnesses say from the ground they could hear the animal braying. >> i think it's never happened in russia before so we weren't ready for that kind of accident. >> the donkey finally lands in the water and is pulled to shore, where she's checked by a veterinarian. the video sparks outcry from animal rights groups. the man behind the stunt goes into hiding at a friend's house with the flying donkey. anna tracks them down in a city an hour away. she's the first journalist to find them. >> she was standing in the garden alone. she looked okay. she wasn't damaged. she felt happy to see us because i bring a lot of food for her, like vegetables.
beachgoers along the black sea in russia are shocked when they spot a parasailing donkey overhead. >> eyewitnesses were sad. kids were crying because the donkey, she was crying as well. it's summer 2010. and as part of a bizarre publicity stunt, a local tourist operator rents a donkey and uses it to promote his parasailing business by flying the terrified animal 150 feet in the air. >> they didn't think a lot about what they're doing. the poor donkey, i feel the pain for her. >> anna is a correspondent for the news agency east to west and a frequent contributor to the british newspaper "the sun." >> people, they made pictures of her and like video of her. i think that people couldn't believe this could happen. >> the video shows the donkey strapped into a harness and taking off in the air. she flies for 30 awful minutes. witnesses say from the ground, they could hear the animal braying.
kids were crying because the donkey, she was crying as well. it's summer 2010. and as part of a bizarre publicity stunt, a local tourist operator rents a donkey and uses it to promote his parasailing business by flying the terrified animal 150 feet in the air. >> they didn't think a lot about what they're doing. the poor donkey, i feel the pain for her. >> a correspondent for the news agency east to west and a frequent contributor to the british newspaper "the sun." >> people, they made pictures of her and like video of her. i think that people couldn't believe this could happen. >> the video shows the donkey strapped into a harness and taking off in the air. she flies for 30 awful minutes. witnesses say from the ground, they could hear the animal braying. >> i think it's never happened in russia before.
witnesses say from the ground, they could hear the animal braying. >> i think it's never happened in russia before. so we weren't ready for that kind of accident. >> the donkey finally lands in the water and is pulled to shore, where she's checked by a veterinarian. the video sparks outcry from animal rights groups. the man behind the stunt goes into hiding at a friend's house with the flying donkey. anna tracks them down in a city an hour away. she's the first journalist to find them. >> she was standing in the garden alone. she looked okay. she wasn't damaged. she felt happy to see us, because i bring a lot of food for her, like vegetables. >> but the tale of the flying donkey doesn't end there. with the help of the donkey's real owner, anna helps rescue the animal from the parasailing
overhead. >> eyewitnesses were sad. kids were crying because the donkey, she was crying as well. >> it's summer 2010. and as part of a bizarre publicity stunt, a local tourist operator rents a donkey and uses it to promote his parasailing business by flying the terrified animal 150 feet in the air. >> they didn't think a lot about what they're doing. >> they didn't think a lot about what they were doing. the poor donkey, i feel the pain for her. >> anna is a correspondent for the news agency east to west and a frequent contributor to the british newspaper "the sun." >> people, they made pictures of her and like video of her. i think that people couldn't believe it could happen. >> the video shows the donkey strapped into a harness and and then taking off in the air. she flies for 30 awful minutes. witnesses say from the ground, they could hear the animal braying. >> i think it's never happened
witnesses say from the ground, they could hear the animal braying. >> i think it's never happened in russia before. so we weren't ready for that kind of accident. >> the donkey finally lands in the water and is pulled to shore, where she's checked by a veterinarian. the video sparks outcry from animal rights groups. the man behind the stunt goes into hiding at a friend's house with the flying donkey. anna tracks them down in a city an hour away. she's the first journalist to find them. >> she was standing in the garden alone. she looked okay. she wasn't damaged. she felt happy to see us, because i bring a lot of food for her, like vegetables. >> but the tale of the flying donkey doesn't end there. with the help of the donkey's real owner, anna helps rescue the animal from the parasailing
donkey, she was crying as well. it's summer 2010. and as part of a bizarre publicity stunt, a local tourist operator rents a donkey and uses it to promote his parasailing business by flying the terrified animal 150 feet in the air. >> they didn't think a lot about what they're doing. the poor donkey, i feel the pain for her. >> a correspondent for the news agency east to west and a frequent contributor to the british newspaper "the sun." >> people, they made pictures of her and like video of her. i think that people couldn't believe this could happen. >> the video shows the donkey strapped into a harness and taking off in the air. she flies for 30 awful minutes. witnesses say from the ground, they could hear the animal braying. >> i think it's never happening