An Amber Alert has been issued for a 6-year-old Philadelphia girl.

Sahara Little was reportedly kidnapped Tuesday around 9 p.m. in the city.

Police said the child was taken by an unknown person in the 5600 block of Greene Street.

She was last seen in a 2007 burgundy, Scion coupe with Pennsylvania plate LKV-1067.

Anyone with information about the abduction should immediately contact the police by calling Philadelphia Police at 215-685-3251 or 911.

ST. MARTINVILLE, La. - Two sanitation workers in south central Louisiana are being praised for their sharp eyes and quick thinking in the rescue of a 10-year-old kidnapping victim.

At 7:30 a.m. Monday, two employees for Pelican Waste & Debris were on the job in St. Martin Parish, Louisiana, east of Lafayette. They’d heard the Amber Alert for a missing 10-year old girl from New Iberia earlier in the morning, and as they drove down Burton Plantation Highway, they looked to the left, and saw something suspicious.

They captured the moment on video that they quickly posted to Facebook. “Bruh, something told me,” said truck driver Dion Merrick on the video, “I said ‘What that car doin’ way off in the field like that? what the car doin’? come on, man!’

“And he was like, ‘B, that looks like the silver Nissan in the Amber Alert’,” recalls Merrick’s partner, Brandon Antoine.

Using Facebook to give on location, minute-by-minute updates, Merrick and Antoine chose to act, and they trapped the suspect, Michael Sereal, in the wet and muddy field.

“Look what I did,” said Merrick, turning his camera phone toward his garbage truck, “look where we was parked. I blocked the truck in and made sure he couldn’t get out. He (Sereal) got nervous, he opened the door, and I said to Brandon, ‘that’s the dude right there’. So we blocked the drive onto the highway with that big truck, and I knew, ‘You ain’t gettin’ out with that big thing.”

At the same time, Merrick and Antoine called the St. Martin Parish Sheriff’s Department. “We called 9-1-1 at the same time I backed my truck up in the driveway to make sure he didn't get out, and talked to the 9-1-1. The operator basically told me i had about a minute before a deputy was going to be on the scene.”

The girl was reported missing from a family's member's home Sunday afternoon, according to New Iberia police. Later Sunday night, an Amber Alert was issued once police had details to share of the vehicle she might be in.

Sereal is being held on a charge of aggravated kidnapping of a child and failure to register as a sex offender, according to records.

KATC reports Sereal was convicted of carnal knowledge of a juvenile in 2016.

Both Antoine and Merrick are fathers, and they say what happened to the young girl and what could have happened strikes close to home. Deciding to get involved was a no-brainer.

“The little girl’s safe right now. Thank God, man. ‘Cuz I got a little girl of my own. I’m on my job, doin’ what I got to do,” said Merrick on the video. And Antoine, a step-father to three children and the father to one more, said the whole incident touched his heart. “Right after, I called one of my children, said ‘I love you’, and I can’t wait to see them all and hug them tight.”

There are a couple of messages from our heroes, even though neither considers himself a hero. Message #1: Know where you’re children are, and #2: Thank a higher power for this miracle.

“Whoever’s little girl this is, you need to fall down on your knees and say, ‘thank you God, thank you. ‘Cuz it could have been worse’.”

The other message from our heroes? So many people often see things that don’t look right, but don’t do anything about them, they choose not to get involved. Pelican employees Dion Merrick and Brandon Antoine had the courage to do otherwise.

This story originally reported on KATC.com.

NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Children vanish, and tragically, sometimes they're never found. The hope is that's not the case with Summer Wells - the missing 5-year-old out of northeast Tennessee.

It's true, and the search effort has been scaled back after crews have found no trace of the child. But, no one is giving up, and authorities continue to investigate the cause behind the scenes, especially when foul play may be involved.

Unfortunately, sometimes missing children are never found. Take the high-profile case of Joe Clyde Daniels, for example. His father was convicted of murder, but the boy's remains were never found.

The question many ask: What's the fate of Summer Wells.

It's been more than a month since the 5-year-old was reported missing from her home in Hawkins County, Tennessee. That is a long time for a missing child.

"The longer you go, the less likely you will have a successful recovery. About 1% of children survive longer than 24 hours. We hope that Summer Wells will be that one-percenter. She's going to be a one-percenter," said Margie Quinn.

She headed up the state's Amber Alert program for eleven years before leaving the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation and is an expert in human trafficking.

She's not involved in the Wells investigation. But she's followed it and knows abduction is a strong possibility, but not likely for human trafficking.

"That's always the public's first thought that they've been abducted and trafficked. People who traffic are not going to abduct them. It brings too much attention."

The Summer Wells case has been highly publicized. If she were to show up on an internet site suddenly, people would know. She's not there.

So, what are the TBI and FBI currently doing?

"In any case like that where they've had like nine-hundred leads, you've got to look at every possible angle," said Jeremy Lofquest.

He is a TBI Special Agent in Charge working on abductions and human trafficking.

Sources have told WTVF it now appears unlikely Wells just wandered off, or bloodhounds certainly would have found some sign of her in the nearby woods.

So, the focus shifts more to foul play. Agent Lofquest is not directly involved with the Wells case but says it is handled like other similar missing child cases.

"You look at all the relationships, and all the circumstances from what you think is the beginning and follow the timeline."

That includes questioning parents, siblings, relatives, everyone close to the child, and those who live nearby.

"Neighbors are going to be interviewed, sex offenders in the area will be interviewed. Anybody with likelihood to commit this type of crime," said Quinn.

To date, that's all been done. And still, after more than a month of searching, questioning, and hundreds of tips sent to the TBI hotline, nothing. No suspects. No trace of Summer Wells.

Again, no one is giving up. But the simple fact is this: Without any credible new leads or a person who knows something coming forward, Summer Wells, like Joe Clyde Daniels - another five-year-old who vanished - may never be found.

Authorities are encouraging anyone with any type of tip, no matter how small, to call 1-800-TBI-FIND.

Nick Beres at WTVF first reported this story.

Authorities are searching for a New York college sophomore who disappeared over a week ago.Saniyya Dennis, 19, was last seen on the SUNY Buffalo State College campus on April 24, the University Police Department (UPD) told CNN."Our one and only goal in this investigation is to locate Saniyya and reconnect her with her family," UPD Chief Peter Carey said in a statement Saturday. "Understandably, emotions are high right now, but I want to be clear that our department will not rest until Saniyya is found."Campus police are working with a variety of local, state and federal agencies to locate Dennis, according to UPD.Carey said during a news conference Friday that investigators have found no cell phone, electronic or financial activity since Dennis disappeared.Investigators initially said she may have remained in the area or traveled to Yonkers, near New York City, according to a news release updated on April 28.Dennis had not been in contact with her family, according to Carey."This is not like her," Dennis' sister said at the press conference Friday, CNN affiliate WKBW reported. "This is not of her nature."Officials are asking anyone with information regarding the investigation to contact the University Police Department at Buffalo State College.

CNN —

Authorities are searching for a New York college sophomore who disappeared over a week ago.

Saniyya Dennis, 19, was last seen on the SUNY Buffalo State College campus on April 24, the University Police Department (UPD) told CNN.

"Our one and only goal in this investigation is to locate Saniyya and reconnect her with her family," UPD Chief Peter Carey said in a statement Saturday. "Understandably, emotions are high right now, but I want to be clear that our department will not rest until Saniyya is found."

Campus police are working with a variety of local, state and federal agencies to locate Dennis, according to UPD.

Carey said during a news conference Friday that investigators have found no cell phone, electronic or financial activity since Dennis disappeared.

Family of Saniyya Dennis

Investigators initially said she may have remained in the area or traveled to Yonkers, near New York City, according to a news release updated on April 28.

Dennis had not been in contact with her family, according to Carey.

"This is not like her," Dennis' sister said at the press conference Friday, CNN affiliate WKBW reported. "This is not of her nature."

Officials are asking anyone with information regarding the investigation to contact the University Police Department at Buffalo State College.