Nanny Credited with Tot's Rescue from the Islamic Terror Attack in India # Sandra Samuel locked self in room when she heard gunmen storm Chabad House
# As gunmen searched house, Samuel unlocked her door and dared them to stop her
# Samuel snatched crying boy from room where parents lay dead, ran to safety
# The two are in Israel with boy's relatives, who run country's largest orphanage.
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From Drew Griffin and Paula Hancocks
CNN
(CNN) -- A 2-year-old survived an attack that took the lives of his parents, thanks to a quick-thinking nanny who grabbed the boy and dashed past gunmen to safety.
Sandra Samuel and Moshe Holtzberg were the only ones to survive a siege on Mumbai's Chabad House last week.
Sandra Samuel and Moshe Holtzberg were the only ones to survive a siege on Mumbai's Chabad House last week.
Those at the Chabad House were among 179 people killed last week when gunmen targeted several sites across Mumbai, including two luxury hotels, a train station and a hospital.
As the siege at the Chabad House began, Samuel heard the commotion, locked the doors and hid in a room. Video Watch throngs of Israelis mourn the dead of Chabad House »
"She heard Mrs. Holtzberg -- Rivka -- screaming, 'Sandra, Sandra, help, Sandra,' " said Robert Katz, executive vice president of the Israeli organization Migdal Ohr.
The gunmen reportedly went door-to-door, searching for targets. Samuel unlocked her door, according to Katz.
She then ran upstairs to find the Holtzbergs shot dead, lying on the ground with their son crying over them.
"She literally picked him up and made a dash for the exits, almost daring the terrorists to shoot a woman carrying a baby," Katz said.
The two arrived in Israel early Tuesday on a flight with the boy's maternal grandparents and the bodies of his parents.
http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/asiapcf/12/02/moshe.mumbai/index.html
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