She was only 10 years old

In a chilling attack that nearly turned fatal, a young girl in Oregon proved that age is no barrier to bravery.

Her father had just slit her mother’s throat in a brutal domestic assault.

But instead of freezing in fear, she acted. She grabbed a knife to defend her siblings,

and when that failed, she barricaded herself and her little siblings in a bedroom — and called 911.

Then she did something even more extraordinary… She emerged from hiding to give lifesaving aid to her mother — keeping her alive until

help arrived. The attacker fled and remained on the run for years… until now. Jesus Huchin-Interian has finally pleaded guilty after being arrested in California. Let this story remind us: heroes come in the smallest sizes.