One St. Paul woman is turning a negative into a positive, making sure what happened to her classmate Jacob Wetterling never happens to another child.

Allison Feigh was in 6th grade with Jacob Wetterling when he disappeared from a dirt road near his St. Joseph home in October of 1989.

"It was the boy who was sitting next to me in math one day, and the next he wasn't," said Feigh. She said her first response was 'I have to learn everything I can so the same thing doesn't happen to me.'

Now Feigh has made it her life's mission to make sure it doesn't happen to anyone else. She works as a Child Safety Specialist for the Jacob Wetterling Resource Center lecturing parents and children about how to stay safe from predators. Many of those she teaches are too young to remember the incident that inspired her career.

"When she mentioned she was a classmate of Jacob Wetterling, I asked my daughter 'Do you know who that is?', and she had no idea," said Stuart Dalton, a father who attended one of Feigh's recent lectures.

Dalton said a child getting abducted off their bike is just one of many fears parents face these days.

"How many times did we do things like ride our bikes where supervision was minimal?" said Dalton.

Possible new leads in the Wetterling case can bring new attention to the fears, but Feigh hopes it also sparks more conversation about how to keep our kids safe.

Feigh said one of the newest tools for predators is the internet.

"We know the age in the U.S. that's most victimized is 11 to 17 and that's the age the internet is like their playground," said Feigh.

"It's a whole other ballgame. There are so many more risks that didn't exist when we were children," said Dalton.

Feigh said the best advice is to ask your kids to show you what they do online. She also encourages parents to create an open dialouge with the kids and play 'what if' games so they know how to handle possible situations if they arise.

More information and advice is available on the Jacob Wetterling Resource Center website.