An unnamed 6-year-old girl in Albuquerque went over to her neighbors' home to pick up a pack of tostadas. That's when a man grabbed her, put his hand over her mouth, and shoved her into a blue minivan. Neighbor Antonio Diaz was only 15 feet away...
He'd left work early that day to spend some family time. But their washing machine had broken down, so he and his wife Martha had gone to her mother's house just a few blocks away to wash clothes.
They were unloading laundry from their truck when they heard someone yell that a girl was being abducted. Diaz turned around to find a man shoving in a little girl into a blue minivan.
As the driver drove off, Diaz jumped in his own truck and gave chase. He dropped Martha off at the office of a mobile home park to call police, then continued to chase 29-year-old Phillip Garcia for several miles until the kidnapper crashed his van into a light pole.
Garcia fled on foot. That allowed Diaz to jump from his truck, grab the little girl and take her to safety.
But Garcia soon returned to try to escape in his van. He was captured after he became stuck in a Mesa not far away.
The little girl is safe and sound. So are Antonio and Martha, who now say gifts and calls of congratulations are pouring in. People are even offering to make donations to a college fund for the couple's two children.
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