Two Tennessee sisters who were home alone as their house was being ransacked by burglars were able to hide in a cabinet and make a panicked 911 call which saw the men responsible arrested as they tried to escape.
The girls - aged 16 and 13 - were inside their Nashville home about 9.15am Monday when they looked outside the kitchen window and saw two men dressed in black trying to break open the back door.
The eldest sister called 911 as both girls ran into the bathroom in their parents' bedroom.
Once there, they stuffed themselves inside a cabinet, side-by-side on a shelf, as they whispered to the dispatcher, WKRN reported.
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Terrified: The two sisters - aged 16 and 13 - reenact how they were hiding in the cabinet of their parents' bathroom after two men forced their way into their Nashville home on Monday morning
Arrested: Police charged Brian Tomberlind, 31, (left) and Carlos Murillo, 29, (right) with burglary after officers say they rushed to the scene and found the pair trying to escape
The sisters, who have not been identified, give a TV interview following the home invasion
'There's two men outside my house. I think they're trying to break in. Me and my sister are home alone,' the older sibling told the dispatcher.
As the dispatcher asks for more information, the sister says: 'They're in the house. Please hurry
'We are in the very back in my parent's bedroom bathroom.'
Nashville Police were quick to the scene.
One man tried to get away in a car but was stopped by the officers.
The other burglar locked himself in the bathroom where the girls were hiding.
'That's when I thought that he was going to open this cabinet and that something is going to happen,' the older sister told WKRN.
Captured: Police praised the two girls and their quick-thinking. Pictured here one of the men being arrested
However he never found them.
The thug then tried to make a run for it, which is when police caught him.
Both men - Brian Tomberlind, 31, and Carlos Murillo, 29 - were arrested and have been charged with burglary.
The authorities praised the sisters and their quick-thinking for police being able to capture both men.
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Hiding place: When the girls saw the men trying to get into the house, they ran and hid in this cabinet while on the phone to 911
'You never think this is actually going to happen to you,' the older sister told WKRN.
'This was real people, they were trying to get into our house,' the 13-year-old added.
'I was just kind of freaked out.
'I'm most glad that I could help, you know, capture two guys that could've done worse.'
Police found a shotgun, musical instruments, a computer, jewelry and cash stolen from the girls' house inside the getaway car.
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