On Black Friday, when two teenage girls quickly approached his house and rang the doorbell, Martin Garcia thought it was a prank. But the San Jose, CA, homeowner quickly realized something was wrong and let them in. Turns out they were fleeing from an active shooter at the nearby mall.

Then more shoppers kept coming, until about 50 scared people filled their house. Martin and his wife Irene ordered pizza to feed them and helped coordinate pickups by friends and family, since they couldn’t go back to the mall to get their cars. The Garcias even plan to keep in touch with some of their new friends.

Why did they do it? “You just have to help. We just did what we thought was the right thing to do: Open the door.” Read about these real-life heroes here!

(Photo by Irene Garcia/Facebook)