(KMOX) - A homeless man came to the rescue after an Atlanta animal shelter caught on fire.
Keith Walker, 53, rushed to the aid of every dog and cat inside the W-Underdogs shelter that caught on fire on December 18. The shelter's founder has known Walker over the years, as she's let him keep his own dog inside every night.
She now calls him her guardian angel.
"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.
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Luckily, the shelter was already in the process of moving locations, so the 10ncats and six dogs Walker rescued will continue to have somewhere safe to stay.
"I can't thank him enough for saving my animals," the shelter's found Gracie Hamlin told CNN. "I'm still in disbelief, because I've been around a fire and I know how fast they flare up. He is my hero."
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