LEMON: A Texas mother being praised for her quick thinking in protecting her children and landing a would-be robber in jail. CNN's Nick Valencia joins me now from Atlanta with the frightening details. Hi, Nick.</s>NICK VALENCIA, CNN CORRESPONDENT: Hey, Don. Yes, today is Father's Day but we're highlighting the actions of one very courageous mother. According to KHOU, a would-be robber got in the back of Dorothy Baker's minivan, and then pulled a knife on her. That's when instinct took over. She was able to snatch the knife from his hand and punched him in the face. All while driving the minivan and having her 2- and 5-year-old in the car. Now she described what happened to our affiliate KHOU.</s>DOROTHY BAKER, MOTHER FOUGHT WOULD-BE ROBBER: I told him to get the hell out of my car and he said, fine. He got out and he started running. And the next thing I thought was, if he gets away, he can do this to somebody else.</s>VALENCIA: And, Don, it didn't stop there. She intentionally drove her car into a utility pole. He wasn't wearing a seatbelt. She was hoping that that could force him to crash through the windshield. That didn't happen. He did, however, eventually get out of the car. And that's when she says, she didn't mean to, but she ran the would-be robber over. He was airlifted to a local area hospital with serious injuries and of course when he gets out, he'll be facing felony charges -- Don.</s>LEMON: Sometimes karma takes a long time. Sometimes it's immediate.</s>VALENCIA: Yes.</s>LEMON: Thank you very much for that, Nick Valencia. We appreciate it.</s>VALENCIA: You bet.</s>LEMON: Talk about overcoming the odds, one athlete's incredible life story and the life lessons he's teaching others. He joins us straight ahead. Don't go away.
Mom Fights Off Would-be Robber