By: CBS News
Two sanitation workers helped rescue a 10-year-old girl who was allegedly kidnapped while they were driving on their pickup route in Louisiana.
Dion Merrick and Brandon Antoine, workers for Pelican Waste, are being hailed as heroes after their quick thinking led authorities to find the child near St. Martin Parish on Monday. I feel blessed just to find her alive and everything, Merrick told CBS News on Wednesday. It s just a wonderful feeling.
Merrick and Antoine were on their shift early Monday when they spotted a car matching the description of a sedan in an Amber Alert they received the day prior. After recognizing the car, they pulled over their garbage truck on the wrong side of the highway to block the vehicle and called 911. Merrick documented part of the encounter on Facebook Live and captured police taking a man into custody.