(Newark) A security guard jumped over a baggage carousel and rescued a two-month-old boy who had stopped breathing at a security checkpoint at Newark Liberty International Airport in New Jersey.
Images released by the U.S. National Transportation Safety Agency (TSA) on Thursday show Constable Cecilia Morales rushing to resuscitate the baby on December 9 after her mother noticed he was not breathing.
Cecilia Morales, a paramedic who has been a security guard for about two months, said she performed the infantile version of the Heimlich maneuver, placing the baby face down on her arm and patting her back to make her breathe. new.
It was the first time she had applied the technique on an infant, she said. A pediatric paramedic arrived shortly after to give the baby oxygen. A TSA spokesperson said the agency did not know what caused the baby to stop breathing.
“I saw the video afterwards,” said Cecilia Morales. It was the first time I saw myself in action, saving a life. It was breathtaking to watch. I felt that my training and my experience were gaining the upper hand ”.
“Two months of work and she’s already a lifeline,” Thomas Carter, TSA’s federal director of security for New Jersey, said in a statement. The quick reaction and actions of Agent Morales made it possible for this family to have a happy holiday season. His actions were inspiring. ”