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  • Citizen Airman honored for helping thwart attempted kidnapping

    In a heart-stopping incident that unfolded in mid-February, a child narrowly escaped an attempted kidnapping thanks to the quick thinking and heroic actions of Senior Master Sgt. Shantrice Mercado, a communications systems manager at Air Force Reserve Command headquarters here.