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The six-week-old baby had stopped breathing and was on the floor -- her mother performing chest compressions -- when officer Jared Orgel arrived at the house with Detective Sgt. Brian Ford and Officer Michael Zvolensky around 7:40 p.m. last June.
Orgel picked the baby up and held her with her stomach on his forearm as he gave her back blows. Finally, the infant spit up -- clearing her airway -- and began breathing normally while regaining a normal skin color.
The officers on scene monitored the baby and helped her distraught mother until a first aid squad arrived and took the baby to Saint Barnabas Medical Center for evaluation.
Orgel was presented the Life Saving Award at a recent municipal meeting.
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