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<p>An unhoused man in Phoenix, <a href="https://dev.theshaderoom.com/arizona-investigation-uncovers-4-5-million-fentanyl-pills-3000-pounds-of-meth/?_gl=1*t9e0dr*_up*MQ..*_ga*MTI5MjM2MDQwMS4xNjg0NzY1Njc3*_ga_V2HX8YP3XL*MTY4NDc2NTY3Ni4xLjEuMTY4NDc2NTY4My4wLjAuMA.." target="_blank" rel="noopener">Arizona</a>, is receiving praise after he stepped in and saved a family of three from a raging fire. <em><a href="https://www.cbsnews.com/news/homeless-man-hailed-as-hero-for-rescuing-family-from-apartment-fire-he-was-an-angel/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">CBS News</a> </em>reports <strong>Claudia Jimenez</strong> woke up on Thursday (May 18) morning to a raging fire within her apartment.</p>
<p>Terrifyingly, she also discovered that the only exit from her second-story apartment was blocked. As a result, she desperately began to call for help from one of her windows.</p>
<blockquote><p>&#8220;I opened my window, and I started yelling, &#8216;Please, someone help me! There&#8217;s a fire—I can&#8217;t get out through the front. I need someone to help me.&#8221;</p></blockquote>
<p>Shortly after that, <strong>Joe Hollins</strong>—a homeless man camping nearby with his wife—arrived to lend a hand. He recalled, <strong><em>&#8220;All I see is a lady pull open the window, and she&#8217;s screaming, &#8216;Please help me!'&#8221;</em></strong></p>
<h3 style="text-align: center;">Joe Hollins Caught The Family As They Jumped To Escape The Fire</h3>
<p>Hollins swiftly sprung into action, Jimenez recalls. He ran right underneath her window and instructed her to drop the children down.</p>
<blockquote><p>&#8220;He was right underneath, and he was like, &#8216;Yes, throw your daughters out, I&#8217;m going to catch them, I&#8217;m going to get them.'&#8221;</p></blockquote>
<p>She carefully dropped down her infant, Valerie, followed by her 8-year-old daughter, Natalie. Jimenez was sure to rescue her two dogs as well.</p>
<p>However, when it came to be her turn, Hollins says the mother-of-two hesitated as she was worried about falling.</p>
<blockquote><p>&#8220;She didn&#8217;t want to come at first,&#8221; Joe said. She was scared she was going to fall. I was like, &#8216;I got you. Don&#8217;t worry.'&#8221;</p></blockquote>
<p>Jimenez then descended, and—as promised—Hollins caught her. After the whole family was rescued, the fire department arrived and extinguished the flames.</p>
<p>Thankfully, there were no casualties, though many residents lost plenty of their belongings.</p>
<p>In the aftermath, Jimenez said she&#8217;s eternally grateful to Hollins, whom she called &#8220;an angel,&#8221; for stepping in.</p>
<blockquote><p>&#8220;I will forever be thankful to him, you know? Like I said, to me, he was an angel.&#8221;</p></blockquote>
<p>She added, <em><strong>&#8220;Because of him, we&#8217;re here. We&#8217;re alive, and my daughters are safe.&#8221;</strong></em></p>
<p>However, Hollis brushed off the praise, as he said anyone capable of doing so would have assisted. After all, he pointed out, <em><strong>&#8220;Those are children.&#8221;</strong></em></p>
<p>As for the cause of the fire, <em>CBS News </em>says the matter was still under investigation as of Saturday morning.</p>
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