Jenny Lee Baker, a Southern California nanny, found herself in a terrifying and potentially hazardous position that required her to act quickly – very quickly.She’d been out running errands with the 3-year-old she looks after, and when she got home, something made the hair on the back of her neck stand on end. Her instincts were correct.

As it turned out, a burglar had broken into the Irvine home and was skulking around upstairs. Security camera footage showed him emptying a pocketbook onto a kitchen countertop before Jenna went in, then moving from room to room looking for valuables. “Having him going into my kids’ rooms is the scariest thing to me,” the toddler’s father, Jonathan Lai, said.

The intruder scrambled down the stairs when Jenna and the kid arrived home. Meanwhile, Jenna grabbed the small kid and dashed out the door, seeking refuge at a neighbor’s house.”What she did for my son, (we’re) so grateful that she is in our lives,” Jonathan added. Jenna is being hailed as a hero by many for her actions that day. But she claims she does not consider herself a “hero.”

“I love him,” Jenna declared. “When his parents are away, they put their trust in me to keep him safe.” Watch the terrifying CCTV footage in the video below and share to honor this brave nanny.