Dad Flees While Daughter Fights off Armed Robbers

I am looking forward to sending my little girls off to learn martial arts (we're currently favoring capoeira).  My thinking is that they should be able to kick butt when and if they ever need to.  But I admit it had not occurred to me that they might need to kick it for ME.

And yet, when a San Diego dad who preferred not to be named found himself hogtied by house burglars, his teen-aged daughter–a tae kwon do black belt–fought them off until he was able to free himself and run for help.  Father and daughter both survived the ordeal in fine health.

The comments on this incident are mixed.  Should dad have run or should have he tried to help his daughter?  In retrospect, it all turned out well, but what would you have done?