behind a brazen kidnapping. she walked into an elementary school and walked out with a 5-year-old girl just five minutes after the kindergartener's mother dropped her off. after an ordeal that lasted almost 24 hours, the child was found by a stranger. we get the latest from sarah bloomquist. >> when i was walking past the playground, i heard a scream saying, help, help. when i heard it, when i was going down, i seen the little girl underneath the slide. >> reporter: that little girl was the 5-year-old girl abducted from a school beneath a slide here at the playground at the 69th street recreation area. 27-year-old nelson mandela myers was walking to 69th street terminal at 4:40 a.m. on his way to his job as a sanitation worker. he heard those cries for help, but first mistaking them for a cat. he found the child was barefoot and wearing nothing but an adult's t-shirt that reached her ankles. she was dirty and had a fresh cut across her chin.