An LAPD sergeant is being hailed a hero after bodycam video captured the moment he saved a baby who was choking and not breathing.
The footage, released Monday, begins with a father begging for help and running toward the sergeant last week as he holds his unconscious child.The father watches helplessly as the sergeant calls dispatch to get an ambulance to the scene for the baby girl.
As the sergeant works to clear the girl's airway, the worried mother arrives and yells out"Please! What's going on?!" The sergeant begins patting the child on her back to help clear her airway. To the relief of everyone, the girl began to breathe.
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