Crime & Safety

NYPD Officers Save Choking Baby Boy In NYC Home: See Video

The officers responded to a home in Queens.

The baby boy was then taken to a local hospital in stable condition.​
The baby boy was then taken to a local hospital in stable condition.​ (NYPD)

NEW YORK CITY — The NYPD has released body-cam footage of officers saving a baby boy from choking in Queens earlier this month.

The officers responded to a home near 37th Avenue and 99th Street on Oct. 10 after receiving a 911 call of a baby choking.

In the video, you can see an officer grab the baby boy and begin to pat his back repeatedly in an effort to dislodge an obstruction.

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Moments later, the officer was able to dislodge the obstruction, and you can hear the boy begin to cry.

“He’s good. He’s good,” a cop is heard saying in the video.

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The baby boy was then taken to a local hospital in stable condition.

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