TSA agent leaps over conveyor belt to save choking infant
Cecilia Morales, 34, had less than two months on the job as a Transportation Security Administration officer at Newark Liberty International Airport when she started hearing cries for help. Working at a security point screening travelers' carry-on luggage, Morales turned around and saw a distressed mother holding her non-responsive newborn.
TSA officer Cecilia Morales credits her 10 years of experience as an EMT for her quick, life-saving decision making." helped me tremendously," she explains."Timing is everything. It's the key to a better outcome — the key to survival. It's life or death. Time is everything." It was after that second attempt that Morales noticed the baby responding, and that's when she knew the infant was going to be OK.
It wasn't just the family who thanked Morales for saving the infant's life. One of Morales's co-workers, who is pregnant, took her aside and thanked her, too. "As an EMT, that's what happens. You can't just stop your day because of one situation," she explained."You can't celebrate. You have to wait until you get home or you get off your shift for everything to set in. So I just went back to work as normal."
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