it is the scariest thing any parent could think of, your child being kidnapped right from under you. it happened to one mother in anne arundel county. good evening, i m kelly swoope. brian kuebler is here to explain why that mom and child were very lucky. reporter: things could have been a lot worse for that family. everyone tonight is home safe. it all happened in the 7800 block of clark road in jessup yesterday afternoon at around 12:30. police say a mom was waiting in her car as her 4-year-old was playing outside nearby waiting for the school bus to arrive. that is when a woman went up to the child, grabbed him and walked off. police believe that woman was 50-year-old leslie ofit, before she got too far the child demanded to be put down, the suspect listened, put the child down and just kept walking away. i think it was fortunate in this case that the mother was in close proximity to the child first and foremost. the child did the right thing for the woman to put him d