 on the verge of drowning because now they have been treading water for an hour. We got back over to the ramp with the last bunch of dogs and we were having to drag them out of the boat because they didn't want to get out of our boat. They were scared they were going back into the water. It was terrible. The owner of the dogs tried to pay Cressman, but he refused to take the reward. Gist labeled Cressman the hero of the day after quickly analyzing the situation and leading the animal's rescue.