Our First Flood!

So Molly and I were in bed almost asleep when Molly started kicking me while screaming that a strange noise was coming from the bathroom. I told her she was paranoid and it was probably just the toilet over-flowing. Half-a-minute later I heard Molly say, "Andy... I think we have a problem". I got up to find the brass connectors had seperated from the pipe underneath our bathroom sink. (And the water was not slow coming out). I tried to turn the shut-off valve but it didn't work. I then tried to to just screw the connector back on, but the water was too hot for that idea. (By this time there was 1 1/2 inches of water on our bathroom floor, and 2 inches of water on the basement floor). I had no clue as to where the house shut-off valve was, as this is a rental, so I told Molly to turn on the hot water in the other bathroom and kitchen thinking it would slow the water down until I could find the shut-off. This DID NOT work. I then called the owners, (who live in California), then when they didn't answer, I called our neighbor AND my boss. Both were more than happy to come over at 10:00 at night to save the poor helpless Woodbury's with their issues. 2 hours later we had all the water cleaned up with shop vacs and the main valve to the house shut off. Surprisingly enough, Conner slept thru the whole thing!