Teacher's aide lauded as hero for thwarting alleged kidnapping...

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According to KGO-TV, an 11-year-old Sutter Elementary student was walking to the Antioch school Friday when Santiago Salazar, 51, of Brentwood reportedly pulled the girl into his car.

"I said, 'No, he's not your friend,'" Ferguson told KGO. "I put my car in front of his and blocked him in. I told her, 'You get out of that truck right now!'"

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