Yii how to open modal via AJAX via bootstrap

$this->widget('bootstrap.widgets.TbExtendedGridView', array(
    'type'=>'bordered',
    'dataProvider'=>$model->search(),
    'filter'=>$model,
    'template'=>"{items}",
    'columns'=>array(
        'id',
        'firstName',
        'lastName',
        'language',
        'hours',
        array(
            'header'=>'Options',
            'class'=>'bootstrap.widgets.TbButtonColumn',
            'buttons'=>array(
                'view'=>
                    array(
                        'url'=>'Yii::app()->createUrl("person/view", array("id"=>$data->id))',
                        'options'=>array(
                            'ajax'=>array(
                                'type'=>'POST',
                                'url'=>"js:$(this).attr('href')",
                                'success'=>'function(data) { $("#viewModal .modal-body p").html(data); $("#viewModal").modal(); }'
                            ),
                        ),
                    ),
            ),
        )
    )));
?>

<!-- View Popup  -->
<?php $this->beginWidget('bootstrap.widgets.TbModal', array('id'=>'viewModal')); ?>
<!-- Popup Header -->
<div class="modal-header">
<h4>View Employee Details</h4>
</div>
<!-- Popup Content -->
<div class="modal-body">
<p>Employee Details</p>
</div>
<!-- Popup Footer -->
<div class="modal-footer">

<!-- close button -->
<?php $this->widget('bootstrap.widgets.TbButton', array(
    'label'=>'Close',
    'url'=>'#',
    'htmlOptions'=>array('data-dismiss'=>'modal'),
)); ?>
<!-- close button ends-->

// the action should look like this

public function actionView($id)
{
    if( Yii::app()->request->isAjaxRequest )
        {
        $this->renderPartial('view',array(
            'model'=>$this->loadModel($id),
        ), false, true);
    }
    else
    {
        $this->render('view',array(
            'model'=>$this->loadModel($id),
        ));
    }
}