You never know where or when you’ll find an animal in need of help. Sometimes people end up in the right place at the right time to save a life.

That was the case for one junkyard employee, who saved the life of a cat moments before she was going to be crushed to death.

According to a Facebook post from Brother Wolf Animal Rescue, the employee sent a junkyard car to be crushed, but stopped to remove the car battery from the hood.

It was a miracle he did, because he didn’t just find the battery — he found a tiny kitten. If he hadn’t stopped to check, the tiny cat would’ve been crunched along with the rest of the vehicle.

The kitten was very grateful to be saved just in time. “As he popped open the hood, a bundle of fur jumped out and took a blind leap of faith into his arms,” Brother Wolf Animal Rescue wrote.

“She looked at him with soft eyes, thanking him with slow blinks and soft purrs. It was almost like she knew that her life had been saved.”