Somebody asked “Women of Reddit, what was their worst ‘nice guy’ experience?”, and this person shared the most feel-good story ever.

According to the post, a guy going by the username ThrowAwayForPancakes, overhead a girl being threatened by her date at a restaurant. He was obviously being a complete douchebag and saying several pretty disturbing things, so ThrowAwayForPancakes stepped in. However, as he was about to get up and intervene, an older man stopped him, and the whole situation took an unexpected twist. Keep on scrolling to see what happened…

People are calling him a true hero: