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Hero: Hackensack Police Officer Saves Life Of Unresponsive Baby
A year-old child had turned blue, her eyes rolling into the back of her head, when a Hackensack police officer saved her, authorities said.
The 1-year-old girl was breathing but was limp when her mother handed her to Officer Mark Carillo on Tuesday, Capt. Darrin DeWitt said.
The child remained unresponsive, so Carillo, rather than wait for an ambulance, took her and her mother to Hackensack University Medical Center himself, using his cruiser’s lights and siren, DeWitt said.
The child was treated in the emergency room and was recovering from an undisclosed illness, the captain said.
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