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Homeless Men Save Boat Owner Who Slips Into Channel:
WASHINGTON - Three homeless men are being hailed as heroes, except no one knows who they are.
When a Washington Marina boat owner slipped on an ice-covered dock and fell into the Washington Channel Monday night, one of the three homeless men heard his cries.
>That man jumped a fence and ran down the dock. The man couldn't pull the boat owner from the water but he did hold on. As he held on, two other homeless men flagged down D.C. Harbor Patrol Officer Hilliard Dean who had already been called to the area to look for somebody in the water.
The two homeless men boosted Dean over a 7-foot fence so he could get to the scene. Dean and the first homeless man pulled the boat owner from the frigid waters right near the Fish Market.
"He couldn't pull himself out. He was too cold," Dean said.
The victim later told Dean, "All he knew was the homeless person who was holding on to his one arm had told him to stay with him. 'I got you. You're not going to go anywhere. You're not going to die tonight. I have you. I have.'"
The victim, who suffered hypothermia, said he had been wearing dress shoes on the icy dock when he slipped. Once he was in the water, he says he slipped under the water and the homeless man pulled his head back up.