A man is being heralded as a hero after he rescued a small dog that almost died in an elevator accident.

“Y’all I’m shaking!!! I just saved a dog on a leash that didn’t make it onto the elevator with the owner before the door closed! I just happened to turn around as the door closed and it started to lift off the ground I got the leash off in time,” Johnny Mathis said Tuesday on Twitter.

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