TSA Officer Cecilia Morales sprung into action at Newark Liberty International Airport after a young mother realized her 2-month-old was not breathing.
A Transportation Security Administration officer in New Jersey has been hailed a hero after springing into action to save a choking baby this week, and a video of the lifesaving moment has gone viral.
TSA Officer Cecilia Morales was filmed jumping over a security conveyor belt at Newark Liberty International Airport after a young mother realized that her 2-month-old was not breathing. Morales, who is a trained emergency medical technician , heard the mother screaming for help and realized that she needed to act quickly in order to save the infant's life.
"[The mother] was so nervous and I knew if I didn't get over there, it wasn't going to be a good outcome," Morales said, according to a press release from the TSA."I jumped over the checkpoint conveyor belt rollers and she gave me the baby. I performed the infant Heimlich maneuver on him." Video footage shows the mother handing the baby to Morales, who quickly placed him face down on her arm and began patting him on the back until he started breathing. As of Friday morning, the video had been viewed over 100,000 times.
TO THE RESCUE: A fast-acting TSA officer jumped into action when an infant stopped breathing at Newark Airport, leaping over a checkpoint conveyer belt to perform the Heimlich maneuver and save the baby's life.
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