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"They literally saved that child's life," a source with direct knowledge of the incident said.
Borough resident Geraldo J. Colon, 35, was arrested and charged with child endangerment after being identified as the individual responsible, Bergen County Prosecutor Mark Musella said Friday, March 31.
Colon and the mother had come to Fairview police headquarters with 13-month-old Abigail Colon shortly after 5:30 p.m. Wednesday, March 29.
She was unconscious, didn't have a pulse and had trouble breathing, Fairview Police Capt. Michael Martic said.
A group of officers who were there weren't about to wait for an ambulance.
Sgt. Sevan Kasparyan, Officer George Alexio and Special Officer Forest Wilson gave the gasping baby oxygen while rushing her to nearby Palisades Medical Center on River Road in North Bergen.
She was revived with a single dose of Naloxone, the drug that carries the Narcan brand name, said Musella, the prosecutor.
Baby Abigail was transferred to the Pediatric Intensive Care Unit at Hackensack University Medical Center and police notified the prosecutor's Special Victims Unit and the state Division of Child Protection and Permanency.
Abigail was released on Thursday, a reliable source familiar with the incident said -- and many breathed a sigh of relief.
Fentanyl, a potent, synthetic opioid, is up to 50 times stronger than heroin -- and, as a result, potentially fatal even in the tiniest of doses.
Colon, who reportedly admitted being a heroin user, remained held Friday in the Bergen County Jail pending a first appearance in Central Judicial Processing Court in Hackensack.
It turns out he has a history of arrests for minor offenses stretching back several years, records show, and was apparently wanted on warrants out of Elmwood Park, Paramus and Mahwah.
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