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Child Rescue

Hagerstown, MD

Police & Fire

Toddlers Rescued From Hot Car By Police Helicopter After Pursuit From MD Into PA, Officials Say

Toddlers Rescued From Hot Car By Police Helicopter After Pursuit From MD Into PA, Officials Say

Toddlers Rescued From Hot Car By Police Helicopter After Pursuit From MD Into PA, Officials Say A Maryland State Police helicopter was instrumental in rescuing two toddlers from a hot vehicle that was abandoned following a pursuit that ended in Pennsylvania on Tuesday afternoon, according to authorities. With the heat index throughout the region approaching or exceeding 100 degrees, troopers were taken on a ride by 25-year-old Confluence resident Samantha Cherry, who was allegedly intoxicated and now will face charges after the children were saved. According to police, the department's Aviation Command was able to track the abandoned suspect vehicle near the Maryland-Pennsylvania…

07/10/2024

Hamilton Township, NJ

Police & Fire

Video Shows Choking Child Saved By NJ Transit Officers In Trenton

Video Shows Choking Child Saved By NJ Transit Officers In Trenton

Video Shows Choking Child Saved By NJ Transit Officers In Trenton Two New Jersey Transit Police officers saved a choking boy in Trenton earlier this month, authorities said. They released this video on X, formerly known as Twitter, of the April 16 rescue on Wednesday, April 30. At 9:44 p.m. on Tuesday, April 16 the officers are shown beginning the rescue. They performed life-saving CPR to save the child, authorities said. In the video, a woman can be heard yelling, "Oh my God," as an officer thumps on the boy's body. During the ambulance ride, the boy begins to breathe again. An officer can be heard saying, "Hey buddy. Stay with me, OK? He's…

04/30/2024

Reading, PA

Police & Fire

Toddler Rescued From Schuylkill County Blaze: Authorities

Toddler Rescued From Schuylkill County Blaze: Authorities

Toddler Rescued From Schuylkill County Blaze: Authorities An 18-month-old is hospitalized but safe after being pulled from a burning home by a police officer on Friday, Dec. 22, according to authorities. Multiple fire departments were called to a blaze with entrapment at 260 Indiana Avenue in Shenandoah Heights just before noon, state police said in a release. Shenandoah Borough Police Officer Mark Hysock responded to the scene and went inside the burning home, heading for the third floor, troopers said. Hysock crawled down a smoke-filled hallway to the front bedroom where the toddler was trapped before grabbing the child and cr…

12/26/2023

Ridgefield Park-Hasbrouck Heights, NJ

Police & Fire

Miracle On The Turnpike: Passing Bergen Fire Veterans Rescue Young Child Having Seizure

Miracle On The Turnpike: Passing Bergen Fire Veterans Rescue Young Child Having Seizure

Miracle On The Turnpike: Passing Bergen Fire Veterans Rescue Young Child Having Seizure HEROES: A seizure suffered by an epileptic child on a jammed New Jersey Turnpike had her stranded mom praying for a pre-Christmas miracle. Sure enough, she got one. Vanessa Senquis of Bayonne was taking her 4-year-old daughter Leilani to Hackensack University Medical Center after she’d fallen down some steps and cut her forehead. The unconscious child was in serious peril during the medical episode as her terrified mother shouted to a 911 dispatcher: “I need help! I need help!” Seemingly out of nowhere, Hasbrouck Heights Fire Chief Michael Greco was next to her in his chief’s truck. S…

by Jerry DeMarco

12/17/2023

Chambersburg, PA

Police & Fire

Child MedEvaced From Silo In South Central Pennsylvania: Authorities

Child MedEvaced From Silo In South Central Pennsylvania: Authorities

Child MedEvaced From Silo In South Central Pennsylvania: Authorities A child was rescued from a grain silo in South Central Pennsylvania on Tuesday evening, authorities announced. Crews with the New Franklin Volunteer Fire Company arrived at a reported farming accident on Newcomer Road at 5:51 p.m. on Oct. 24. They found that child was actually lodged in the grain auger between the silo and a feed truck. "A grain auger is a long tube used to raise and transport grain from the ground to the top of grain bins, load trucks from the grain bin or carry feed from a wagon to cattle feeders on a farm," according to the Farm Injury Resource Center. …

by Jillian Pikora

10/25/2023

Glen Burnie, MD

News

Officers Save Hero Teen Who Jumped Into Frozen Creek To Save Friend In Maryland (VIDEO)

Officers Save Hero Teen Who Jumped Into Frozen Creek To Save Friend In Maryland (VIDEO)

Officers Save Hero Teen Who Jumped Into Frozen Creek To Save Friend In Maryland (Video) A heroic effort was caught on camera after Anne Arundel County officers pulled two children from a frozen creek, authorities say. On Monday, Dec. 26, officers responded to a call for two young teenagers who had fallen in a frozen creek around 2:45 p.m. When officers arrived, they found one child who had made it safely to shore, with the other still submerged and clinging to a piling. Caught on CameraOfficers save a juvenile who had jumped into a frozen creek to save his friend. Watch here! pic.twitter.com/bNTrAa4cBG — Anne Arundel County Police Department (@AACOPD) December 27, 2022 O…

12/27/2022

Pittsfield, MA

Police & Fire

Child Found Unresponsive In Water At Beach In Western Mass, Police Say

Child Found Unresponsive In Water At Beach In Western Mass, Police Say

Child Found Unresponsive In Water At Beach In Western Mass, Police Say An 8-year-old girl found unresponsive at a Massachusetts beach was saved by CPR performed by bystanders. The incident took place in Berkshire County in Pittsfield around 5 p.m. on Sunday, July 24. Police, firefighters, and EMS responded to the Burbank Park public beach area at Onota Lake for an unresponsive child found in the water, said Lt. John Soules, of the Pittsfield Police Department. Citizens on scene began administering CPR and responding emergency workers took over rescue measures upon their arrival, Soules said. The child was transported to Berkshire Medical…

by Kathy Reakes

07/25/2022

Gaithersburg, MD

Police & Fire

Child Rescued After Near Drowning On Montgomery County Trail

Child Rescued After Near Drowning On Montgomery County Trail

Child Rescued After Near Drowning On Montgomery County Trail A young child has been rescued after becoming trapped in swift water while on a hike in Montgomery County, authorities say. Two children allegedly slipped into the water on the Northwest Branch Stream Trail around 10 a.m., Tuesday, July 19, according to Montgomery County Fire and Rescue. One of the children became trapped between rocks with an adult who jumped in to attempt a rescue, officials said. The other child reportedly washed downstream and was able to get out of the water safely without assistance. Montgomery County Fire and Rescue personnel were able to rescue the trapped ch…

07/19/2022

Springfield, MA

Police & Fire

Officers Save Baby Choking, Gasping For Air In Western Mass

Officers Save Baby Choking, Gasping For Air In Western Mass

Officers Save Baby Choking, Gasping For Air In Western Mass Two police officers in Western Massachusetts are being hailed as heroes after saving a baby who was choking. The incident took place in Springfield on Monday, May 9. Springfield Police officers Christopher Charles and Luis Rodriguez were working a construction detail at the intersection of Bradley and Wilbraham Roads when a vehicle approached the work zone, said Ryan Walsh, spokesman for the Springfield Police. A woman got out of the vehicle and began screaming that her baby wasn’t breathing. The officers immediately ran to the vehicle and found the 3-month-old baby girl to be pale, chokin…

by Kathy Reakes

05/12/2022

Glen Burnie, MD

Police & Fire

Infant & Toddler Rescued After Unlicensed Driver Plummets Into Severn Park Pond: Police

Infant & Toddler Rescued After Unlicensed Driver Plummets Into Severn Park Pond: Police

Infant & Toddler Rescued After Unlicensed Driver Plummets Into Severn Park Pond: Police Two young children are recovering and a Glen Burnie man is under arrest after he lost control of his vehicle and drove into a park pond in Severn, authorities said. The 9-month-old and 3-year-old had to be rescued after the car they were in became half-submerged in a drainage pond in Severn-Danza Park around 9:15 p.m. on Friday, April 1, Anne Arundel County Police. Video of the rescue can be seen below: The vehicle apparently lost control on Donaldson Avenue, drove off the road and plowed through trees and a fence before eventually crashing into the pond, police said. All four people i…

by David Cifarelli

04/04/2022

Towson, MD

Police & Fire

4 Children Hospitalized In Early Morning Baltimore Fire

4 Children Hospitalized In Early Morning Baltimore Fire

4 Children Hospitalized In Early Morning Baltimore Fire Multiple children were hospitalized in a fire that broke out at a two-story home Friday morning, fire officials said. Baltimore Fire reported the fire, which broke out at a row home in the 2900 block of East Monument Street, just after 7:30 a.m. on Friday, Mar, 18. 🔥DWELLING FIRE W/ RESCUES🔥2900 blk E Monument St 21205#MadisonEastend@TonyGlover13#BMORESBravest arrived with smoke showing from a 2 story row home. Firefighters rescued 4 children from inside the home ages 5-13. #BCFDEMS transporting to Hopkins Childrens Ctr, serious cond pic.twitter.com/oUTrRpuWL4 — Baltimore Firefighter…

by David Cifarelli

03/18/2022

Hyde Park, NY

News

Four Children Rescued After Falling Into Icy Pond In Hudson Valley

Four Children Rescued After Falling Into Icy Pond In Hudson Valley

Four Children Rescued After Falling Into Icy Pond In Hudson Valley Four children were rescued after falling through the ice on a Hudson Valley pond, with one requiring CPR. The incident took place in Dutchess County at 5 p.m., on Sunday, March 6, Sunday responders were dispatched to a water emergency involving four children in the water at the Greenfields Pond located on Cream Street in Hyde Park. Roosevelt Fire member Wendy Burns and her husband Donny were passing by when they noticed the kids in the water. They immediately turned around and called 911, the department said. Donny Burns entered the pond to pull a child out of the water who wa…

by Kathy Reakes

03/08/2022

White Plains, NY

Police & Fire

To The Rescue: Police Officers In Westchester Save Unresponsive Child

To The Rescue: Police Officers In Westchester Save Unresponsive Child

To The Rescue: Police Officers In Westchester Save Unresponsive Child Quick-thinking police officers in Westchester came to the rescue of a toddler who suffered a seizure and was on the cusp of choking to death. Officers from the Mount Vernon Police Department responded to an East Birch Street apartment complex at approximately 7:20 p.m. on Monday, Dec. 13, where there was a report from a family of an unresponsive 2-year-old child who was having difficulty breathing. A pair of officers sprang into action and identified that the child was suffering from a seizure and had a clogged throat that was obstructing her breathing. According to city officials, the off…

12/15/2021

Brentwood, NY

Police & Fire

Officers Provide Life-Saving Aid To 4-Year-Old Who Stopped Breathing In Suffolk County

Officers Provide Life-Saving Aid To 4-Year-Old Who Stopped Breathing In Suffolk County

Officers Provide Life-Saving Aid To 4-Year-Old Who Stopped Breathing In Suffolk County Officers provided life-saving aid to a 4-year-old boy who had stopped breathing on Long Island. Police responded to a report that a child was not breathing in Central Islip at about 9 a.m. on Tuesday, Oct. 26, according to the Suffolk County Police Department. Upon arrival at a home on Spur Drive North, officers saw the child, who suffers from congenital central hypoventilation syndrome, turning blue. SCPD said Officer Matthew Denicola began CPR and Officer Matthew Carrello assisted with the care. Officer Samantha Ventura, a fluent Spanish speaker, spoke with the child’s family in Spa…

by Nicole Valinote

10/28/2021

Hamilton Township, NJ

News

Mercer County Firefighters Rescue Autistic Child From Storm Drain, Reports Say

Mercer County Firefighters Rescue Autistic Child From Storm Drain, Reports Say

Mercer County Firefighters Rescue Autistic Child From Storm Drain, Reports Say Police, firefighters and EMS crews responded to a report of a child in a storm drain, authorities said. First responders from several towns in Mercer County were called about 5 p.m. Tuesday to 24 Point Court in Lawrence Township, reports said. An unconfirmed report said the missing child was an autistic girl about 9 years old. A robotic camera from Hamilton Township was being used to assist in a search about 15 feet from the surface of the drain, reports said. By 5:30 p.m., the unidentified victim had been removed from the drain, reports said, but her condition was unknown. C…

08/31/2021

Newark, NJ

Police & Fire

HEROES: North Caldwell Police Officers Revive Drowning Boy, 5

HEROES: North Caldwell Police Officers Revive Drowning Boy, 5

Heroes: North Caldwell Police Officers Revive Drowning Boy, 5 Three North Caldwell police officers revived a 5-year-old drowning victim last week. Sgt. Sue Depoe, Det. Sgt. John Lynch and Officer Matt Carleo arrived at the undisclosed address around 1:30 p.m. Aug. 16, where the boy had been pulled from the pool by a teen lifeguard, authorities said. Carleo began life saving measures on the child, and then officers performed CPR. The boy's heart was restarted before he was taken to a local hospital, police said. "The department commends these officers whose quick thinking and teamwork were able to save a child's life," authorities sa…

by Cecilia Levine

08/24/2021

Drexel Hill-Upper Darby, PA

Police & Fire

Fire Crews Rescue Child From Stuck Car In Delaware County

Fire Crews Rescue Child From Stuck Car In Delaware County

Fire Crews Rescue Child From Stuck Car In Delaware County Fire crews in Delaware County rescued a child from a car that got stuck as a result of flooding from heavy rain showers Wednesday morning, according to a recent news report. Concordville Fire Department blocked the southbound lanes of Baltimore Pike by Creek Road in Chadds Ford as crews lifted the child to safety, 6abc reports. No injuries were reported. Click here for the full report by 6abc Action News.

by Nicole Acosta

06/09/2021

Egg Harbor Township, NJ

News

VIDEO: Atlantic City Police, Good Samaritans Rescue Stranded Swimmers From Ocean

VIDEO: Atlantic City Police, Good Samaritans Rescue Stranded Swimmers From Ocean

Video: Atlantic City Police, Good Samaritans Rescue Stranded Swimmers From Ocean In separate incidents this week, Good Samaritans and first responders have rescued numerous children from drowning along the Jersey Shore, authorities said. Atlantic City police posted video footage of one of the rescues here on Facebook. At 5 p.m. on Friday, Tourism District Unit officers responded to the Dr. Martin Luther King Boulevard beach for reports of several young swimmers in the ocean in distress. As police officers arrived, all of the children had been rescued from the water. Dijon Brooks, joined by two other Good Samaritans, entered the ocean and rescue…

05/20/2021

Mount Pleasant, NY

Police & Fire

Officers Race In To Help Rescue Two Children After House Fire Breaks Out In Area

Officers Race In To Help Rescue Two Children After House Fire Breaks Out In Area

Officers Race In To Help Rescue Two Children After House Fire Breaks Out In Area Three police officers in the Hudson Valley are being hailed as heroes for helping to rescue two children after a house fire broke out. It happened in North Rockland on Saturday morning, March 13. When officers arrived at the scene in Stony Point, the house was fully engulfed in flames. As firefighters went to work, the officers swooped in and pulled two children to safety. "Great work by PO's Agovino, Ferrara, and Mari at an early morning house fire," the Stony Point Polie Department posted on Facebook, sharing a photo of the incident (shown above). "Thankfully everyone evacuated safely.&…

by Joe Lombardi

03/14/2021

Paramus, NJ

Police & Fire

Watch: Hero Paramus Officer Breaks Doll Stroller Rescuing Girl -- Then Buys Her Brand New One All that a pair of Paramus police officers had to do on one particular call Tuesday afternoon was free a toddler who had somehow gotten her doll's stroller stuck around her waist. But that wasn't enough for one of the officers, who not only talked 4-year-old Yasmeen "Nina" Saleh through the whole rescue, but returned less than an hour later with a brand new stroller since he broke the other one during the rescue. "I felt like it was the right thing to do," Officer Robert Sobocinski said "This is a human job. When you're dealing with people, everything is different." "Our emergency service…

by Cecilia Levine

12/08/2020