Story highlights Two young children were identified as victims and are now safe, cops say

An early childhood educator on the flight photographed the alleged texts

(CNN) If you see something, say something.

A woman on a Seattle-to-San Jose, California flight this week took that law enforcement mantra to heart when she spotted a fellow passenger allegedly texting about sexually molesting children, San Jose police said.

She immediately alerted the crew, leading police in two states to arrest a man and a woman on charges of sexually exploiting minors.

Two young children have been identified as victims and are now safe, San Jose police said.

"I'd like to highlight that if it wasn't for this particular passenger taking action to alert the staff and alert the police, this catastrophic event would have been horrific," San Jose Police Sgt. Brian Spears told CNN.

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