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VENICE (CBSLA.com) — A young woman's daring escape from a home intruder, in which she bailed out of a second-story window and ran onto her roof, was caught on camera.

Melora Rivera says she managed to crawl out of a window Wednesday morning, in order to run and hide on her roof after Christian Hicks, 29, allegedly broke into her home.

"He managed to break one of these panels and reach in to unlock the door," Rivera said.

"Once I saw him in the house, I knew that we both couldn't be there. I knew that I didn't want to have a confrontation with him of any sort, you know, not knowing what his intention was."

Rivera, who says she was in bed at the time of the intrusion, was wearing only a flannel shirt.

As she made her way to the roof, with Hicks reportedly pursuing her, Rivera was able to grab her phone  and call 911.

She hid under an eave as she spoke with the dispatcher.

"The drop is, I would guess, more than 20 feet," Rivera said.

"So there was no safely jumping o