An intense video shows a calm police officer save the life of a newborn baby as her mother frantically cries for help.
The Sterling Heights, Michigan, officer arrived at a home as the family was running to his patrol vehicle to meet him, dash camera video shows. Their 3-week-old baby girl was not breathing when he arrived.
“He’s still blinking,” the officer assured the mom as he grabbed the baby. “He’s blinking.
Then the officer turned the baby on her stomach and applied several back thrusts to clear an obstruction. She began crying almost immediately, a sign the baby was breathing, and the mother fell to her knees in the video police posted Monday to Facebook.
“It’s going to be OK, all right?” the officer told the mother.
The Sterling Heights, Michigan, officer arrived at a home as the family was running to his patrol vehicle to meet him, dash camera video shows. Their 3-week-old baby girl was not breathing when he arrived.
“He’s still blinking,” the officer assured the mom as he grabbed the baby. “He’s blinking.
Then the officer turned the baby on her stomach and applied several back thrusts to clear an obstruction. She began crying almost immediately, a sign the baby was breathing, and the mother fell to her knees in the video police posted Monday to Facebook.
“It’s going to be OK, all right?” the officer told the mother.
