After running up three flights of stairs, a Georgia police officer was confronted with a scary scene: an unresponsive baby, being held in the arms of her anxious mother while the family looked on helplessly.
“We need an ambulance! We need an ambulance!” So begins the 911 call, which came into the Savannah-Chatham Police Department dispatch on Dec. 1 at 8:30 p.m.
“My mamma’s baby has stopped breathing. [She’s] a newborn. Please send someone quick.”
According to the Savannah-Chatham Metropolitan Police Department, Officer William Eng overheard the call and, because he was the closest to the scene, decided to respond, even though he was not dispatched himself.
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His body camera was rolling as he sprinted up three flights of stairs, only to find the unresponsive infant in the arms of his mother, Tina Adkins. Eng began chest compressions on the unresponsive baby, who was only 29 days old.
After a minute, Eng’s labours were rewarded when he “heard a little cry” and the baby began to move, according to the Savannah Morning News.
At an emotional press conference Monday, Eng was reunited with the family – and the little girl whose life he saved.
“He was at the right place at the right time,” the baby’s grandmother told reporters.
“Sometimes angels don’t come from heaven. They’re already here. And he’s an angel.”
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