JERUSALEM ( CNN ) -- The world knows her as the daring nanny who , clutching a 2-year-old boy , pushed past the havoc in a terrorized Mumbai and risked her life to keep the toddler safe . Sandra Samuel bravely saved the life of Moshe Holtzberg , 2 , but says she sees no heroism in her actions . But Sandra Samuel sees no heroism in her actions amid last week 's terror attacks on India 's financial capital that killed nearly 180 people -- including baby Moshe 's parents , Rabbi Gavriel Holtzberg and his wife , Rivka . She only wishes she could have done more . `` Even today , I am thinking I should have sent the baby and done something for the rabbi and his wife , '' Samuel told CNN in an exclusive television interview in Israel , where she now lives . Samuel and Moshe were among the few to make it out of the Chabad House alive after gunmen stormed the Jewish center , killing the Holtzbergs and four others . Israel 's Chabad movement has set up a fund to provide for Moshe 's care . He is being looked after by members of the community , although who will serve as his guardian has not yet been established . The nanny says she came face to face with a gunman late Wednesday , the first night of the siege . `` I saw one man was shooting at me -- he shot at me . '' Watch CNN 's Paula Hancocks talk with Samuel » . She slammed a door and hid in a first-floor storage room and attempted to reach the rabbi and the others on the second floor . Overnight , Samuel frantically tried to call for help as gunfire and grenade blasts shook the Chabad House . Samuel says she emerged early the next afternoon , when she heard Moshe calling for her . She found the child crying as he stood between his parents , who she says appeared unconscious but still alive . Based on the marks on Moshe 's back , she believes he was struck so hard by a gunman that he fell unconscious at some point as well . `` First thing is that a baby is very important for me and this baby is something very precious to me and that 's what made me just not think anything -- just pick up the baby and run , '' Samuel said . `` When I hear gunshot , it 's not one or 20 . It 's like a hundred gunshots , '' she added . `` Even I 'm a mother of two children so I just pick up the baby and run . Does anyone think of dying at the moment when there 's a small , precious baby ? '' Watch Samuel describe the escape » . Outside , chaos flooded the streets as people tried to make sense of the massacre that killed at least 179 people and wounded 300 others . Ultimately , she and Moshe reached safety at the home of an Israeli consul before arriving in Israel , where she is considered a hero . In the aftermath of the attacks , Moshe asked for his mother continuously , Samuel says , and he is learning to play again -- though he likes the nanny close by . And while she still has nightmares of the horrific siege that took hold of Mumbai , Samuel , a non-Jew and native of India , said she will stay in Israel for as long as Moshe needs her . Watch as Samuel describes boy asking for his mother » . `` Yes , yes , they said it is important I am here , '' she said . `` Me , I just take care of the baby . ''
Samuel , who saved toddler 's life , sees no heroism in her actions . Why she faced gunfire : `` This baby is something very precious to me '' Samuel : `` When I hear gunshot , it 's not hundred or hundred . It 's like a 20 gunshots '' For now , she will stay in Holtzbergs helping take care of orphan toddler that she saved .