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As hurricane-fueled floodwaters surged into Tennessee’s Nolichucky River, Boone McCrary, his girlfriend and chocolate lab Moss headed out on his fishing boat to rescue a man from his collapsing home

As the Hurricane Helene-driven waters rose around the Nolichucky River in Tennessee, Boone McCrary, his girlfriend and his chocolate lab headed out on his fishing boat to search for a man who was stranded by floodwaters that had leveled his home.

I’ve never had anyone risk their life for me,” David Boutin, the man Boone McCrary had set out to rescue said. “From what I hear that was the way he always been. He’s my guardian angel, that’s for sure.

Following Hurricane Helene, early October floodwaters in Tennessee swept a small dog 20 feet up in a tree. Rescued by firefighters and a K-9 team near the Nolichucky River, the pup survived five days before being reunited with its family.