A frantic woman desperate for help showed up to the fire station at 87 Elm Road (Engine 27, Ladder 4) around 11:10 a.m., holding the baby who had turned purple, a city spokesperson said.
woman who showed up to a Newark fire station with an infant who had stopped breathing
Firefighters immediately administered oxygen, and the child began to breathe again.
The baby was taken in an ambulance to a local hospital for further treatment.
It was not clear why the child stopped breathing.
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