Heimlich maneuver. Photo: Shutterstock The Homeland Security Department (DHS) issued an annoucement praising an Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agent who "jumped into action to help save the life of a one-year-old child experiencing a medical emergency."
The incident took place at John F. Kennedy International Airport in New York.
The one-year-old child was seen unable to breathe normally in his father's arms, becoming unresposnive as shown by CCTV footage in a TSA Precheck line.
The child's arms went lifeless, causing the father to panic and start "scrambling around the area, and calling for help."
The TSA agent who was working at his post heard the desperate screams and ran to the scene, where he was handed the child for assessement.
The officer peformed the Heimlich maneuver which restored the child's normal breathing in a few seconds. "EMS personnel arrived on scene with medical equipment to further monitor and re-assess the child. The child was re-assessed and determined to be healthy enough to fly", says the DHS.
“The ICE agent sprang into action and saved this one-year-old child’s life. If our agent had not been there and stepped up, this would have been a tragic outcome,” said Secretary Markwayne Mullin.
“Despite the endless smears and lies told about them by sanctuary politicians and the media, our ICE officers show up every day to protect the Homeland and their fellow Americans.”
This is the second child that ICE agents have saved recently. In February, several off-duty ICE law enforcement officers saved the life of a four-year old boy who had fallen into a hotel swimming pool in Plymouth, Minnesota.
The officers performed CPR for several minutes, and local police and EMS later transferred the child to a local hospital for addiditonal care. "Thanks to this lifesaving care and quick action, the child regained consciousness," explained the DHS.