Keith Walker, 53, was on his way to take his pit bull Bravo, for a walk when he saw the shelter that his beloved pooch lives at, engulfed in flames, CNN reported.
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A homeless Atlanta man is being hailed a hero after rescuing several animals from a fire at an animal shelter.
When the fire broke out on December 18 at W-Underdogs animal shelter,
Keith Walker, 53, sprang into action. He happened to be on the scene to pick up his own pit bull Bravo, where the shelter’s founder
Gracie Hamlin allows the beloved pooch to stay every night, PEOPLE reports.
“I was nervous as hell, I’m not going to lie. I was really scared to go in there with all that smoke. But God put me there to save those animals,” Walker said in interview with CNN. “If you love a dog, you can love anyone in the world. My dog is my best friend, and I wouldn’t be here without him, so I knew I had to save all those other dogs.”
Homeless man rushes into fire to save animals at Atlanta shelter
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Keith Walker, 53, rushed into the W-Underdogs shelter on Dec. 18 after a fire engulfed its kitchen. I was nervous as hell, I m not going to lie. I was really scared to go in there with all that smoke. But God put me there to save those animals, Walker told CNN. If you love a dog, you can love anyone in the world. My dog is my best friend, and I wouldn t be here without him, so I knew I had to save all those other dogs.
While the shelter was not completely destroyed, the fire left it uninhabitable, according to W-Underdogs founder Gracie Hamlin.
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