'Like we were meant to be there:' Women on way to work locate man at center of Silver Alert

MILWAUKEE -- Two Milwaukee women were in the right place at the right time when they spotted who they thought was a missing man at the center of a Silver Alert. Their instincts and actions quite possibly saved his life.

For Nydia Diaz and Angela Fabila-Hintz, their morning routine will never seem quite so ordinary.

"It was like we were meant to be there," said Fabila-Hintz.

Carpooling to work in Milwaukee's Menomonee Valley on Wednesday, Sept. 11, someone caught their attention.

"We had seen a gentleman on the side of the 27th Street bridge," said Fabila-Hintz.

Diaz said she was almost sure he was the 82-year-old man reported missing on the news Tuesday, Sept. 10.

"Sure enough, red shirt, jeans, tan shoes," said Fabila-Hintz.

Diaz said she dropped Fabila-Hintz off at the office, located just a couple blocks away, and sprang into action.

"Swung back over," Diaz said.

Stanley Mastalish, who has dementia, had wandered from the Milwaukee VA Medical Center Tuesday afternoon, which prompted a statewide Silver Alert.

"The sweetest, kindest person I've encountered in a long time," Diaz said.

Diaz safely returned Mastalish to the VA Wednesday morning. His granddaughter, Amanda, said in a statement to FOX6:

"In these moments, you have to hope that someone out there is watching, and they're going to find your loved one," said Fabila-Hintz.

Now at Diaz's desk, a photo of Mastalish hangs -- reminding her that sometimes it's your ordinary routine that brings about the most unexpected, yet rewarding, moments.

"I am not a hero, God just put me there at the right time," said Diaz.

Mastalish's granddaughter said when he is up for it, they plan to take Diaz and Fabila-Hintz out to Ned's Pizza, which is his favorite.