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Man Dies Trying to Rescue Cat From Tree

By Tanyanika Samuels AND Rocco Parascandola / NEW YORK DAILY NEWS

Credit: New York Daily Mail

Marcial Rios-Aguilar, who fell to his death trying to rescue this cat, pictured left.

December 3, 2012 Updated Dec 3, 2012 at 12:21 PM PDT

A 53-year-old New York man fell to his death trying to rescue a cat from a tree early Monday, police sources said.

Marcial Rios-Aguilar scaled the tree at a Bronx park at 3 a.m. using a rope, police said. The branch gave way and Rios-Aguilar died. The feline remained stranded in the tree.

"He loves animals. He was a nice man,” said Manuel Cabrera, 36, whose wife is Rios-Aguilar’s cousin. “He helps people all the time."

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