At just ten years old, a young Oregon girl showed that courage knows no age. One night, her father attacked her mother, slitting her throat in a sudden act of violence. Instead of freezing, she acted instantly—grabbing a knife to defend her mother, then quickly gathering her younger siblings, locking them in a bedroom, and barricading the door.
With trembling hands but a steady voice, she called 911, giving precise details. Then, risking her own safety, she left the barricaded room to tend to her bleeding mother. She pressed cloth to the wound, spoke calming words, and kept her conscious until help arrived.
Her quick thinking bought the precious minutes that saved her mother’s life. The attacker, Jesus Huchin-Interian, fled but was captured years later in California and pleaded guilty. That night proved heroes don’t always wear capes — sometimes they wear pajamas and stand barely four feet tall.
