Caliph Cason, a father of four, is recovering in the hospital from second-and third-degree burns. His wife, Danielle Cason, says he had just fed their children and put them down for a nap last Tuesday morning. The father dozed off himself and woke up to flames inside the family’s Albany home, WALB reports.

The Georgia father was left with burns on 35% of his body after he walked through a burning building to rescue his young twins.

A Georgia father of four is recovering after suffering major burns over a large part of his body last week. But Caliph Cason’s family says he’s a hero who saved the lives of two of his children: 3-year-old twins.