Crossing guard Adrian Young went into "mother mode" when she saw an 8-year-old girl being abducted near her post.
"The little girl just started screaming, she was like, 'Please, don't let her take me, I don't know her, she's not my mom,'" Young told KABC. "I just told her to grab onto me as tight as she could, and I held onto her and the lady just began to attack me, so I just thought about attacking her to make sure she can't take this little girl."
Young was recognized for her valor last Wednesday.
"I kind of went into mother mode at the time, and as a crossing guard, because I couldn't see myself letting this little girl be taken," Young told KABC.
The child's mother is thankful for Young's efforts but said the school needs to do more needs to be done to keep children safe.
"To me, I didn't feel that they did what they needed to do to keep my child safe, and apparently they seemed like they didn't care because, thankfully, someone helped her," Sharon Arellanno told KABC.
Maria Ramirez, 50, was arrested and charged with attempted kidnapping, according to KABC. She was being held on $100,000 bail.
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