A homeless man rescued all the animals at a shelter after it caught on fire. Hamlin, the1of the W-Underdogs shelter, told CNN.
Keith Walker, 53, a homeless man,2 his life to save several cats and dogs 3at an Atlanta animal shelter after it caught fire, the facility's founder said.
"I was nervous as hell. I was really4to go in there with all that smoke. But God put me there to save those animals and I 5into the shelter after a fire engulfed (吞没) its kitchen." 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 6 him, so I knew I had to save all those other dogs."
7the shelter was not completely destroyed, the fire left it uninhabitable, according to W-Underdogs founder Gracie Hamlin.
"He is my guardian angel," Hamlin told CNN. "Even the firefighters didn't want to8dogs. They called animal control, but Keith was already in the building pulling out the cats and dogs until they were all 9."
Hamlin10 knew Walker, who has been homeless since he was 13 years old, because she lets him 11his dog, a pit bull named Bravo, at the shelter every night.
Walker was on his way to 12 Bravo and take him for a walk when he saw the fire. He was able to rescue all the animals-six dogs and ten cats.
"I can't thank him13 for saving my animals," Hamlin said. "I'm still in14, because I've been around a fire and I know how fast it spreads. Homeless man as he is, Walker is my15."
