Dramatic video shows father on his knees begging as hero cop saves his choking baby's life: 'Officer, please!'



A Los Angeles Police department sergeant's body cam footage captured the moment a panicked motorist ran into the road with a listless toddler in his arms.

What are the details?

Sgt. Bumjin Kim was on patrol duty in the area of Bellevue Avenue and Echo Park Avenue on the evening of Jan. 19 when he noticed two parents across the intersection screaming for help.

A release from the LAPD stated that a man in hysterics rushed toward the officer with a limp child in his arms.

The man could be heard screaming, "I don't know what's wrong! Officer, please! I don't know what's wrong!"

Kim jumped into action and was almost immediately able to clear the choking toddler's airway after deftly radioing for medical backup.

The unnamed child immediately began crying and gasping for air after the officer dislodged the object from her throat.

"On January 19, an LAPD Sergeant assigned to Rampart Division was on patrol when he saw parents yelling for help, with a lifeless toddler in their arms," the report said. "Without hesitation, the Sergeant took immediate action, cleared the airway, and seconds later the toddler was breathing."

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'We shared a hug'

KHOU-TV reported that Kim, a father of a 3-year-old child, said that he is “glad everybody’s safe.”

“The whole incident ... 45 seconds, or a minute, whatever it was ... but my big thing was at the time was getting the paramedics there,” he said. “And it didn’t hit really me at about what’s going on until got they got there, and there was a sigh of relief once the baby started breathing and crying.”

Kim said that he and the child's father embraced following the emotional ordeal.

“I spoke to the dad, and ... he was grateful. We shared a hug,” Kim said. “I think it was a sigh of relief for both of us fathers.”

Paramedics arrived on the scene and took the child to a local hospital for treatment. She was listed in stable condition and is expected to recover.

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Dashcam video shows moment officer saves a choking toddler's life



Dashcam video from a police cruiser in Santa Fe, New Mexico, captured the moment a quick-thinking sheriff's deputy saved a 1-year-old toddler's life.

What happened?

Santa Fe Deputy Sheriff Patrick Ficke said he was driving north on Interstate 25 earlier this month when he noticed a black Ford Explorer driving erratically. After he commenced a routine traffic stop, he immediately noticed that something was wrong.

"Right as I stopped the vehicle, the driver — who is a father — jumped out, which is usually a red flag for law enforcement," Ficke recalled in a video.

The father had exited his vehicle in a panic and reported that his toddler was not breathing.

"He started pulling his baby out, [and] I could see the baby was stiff and purple," Ficke said. "So I immediately called for paramedics and an ambulance and ran up to the baby."

Within seconds, Ficke jumped out of his patrol vehicle and approached the father, who was now joined by the baby's mother. The deputy immediately sprang into action.

"I checked her airway. I could see she was choking on something," remembered Ficke, who at that point turned the child over and began performing the Heimlich maneuver on her.

Ficke allegedly continued to perform the Heimlich maneuver for 45 seconds to a minute — which likely felt like an eternity for the parents — before at last the culprit, a Cheeto, popped out.

Once the Cheeto came out, the toddler lost her purple color and began crying. Relief poured over those involved, and Ficke handed the child back to her parents. The child is now reportedly doing fine.

What else?

"Yeah, it was pretty scary for a bit," said Ficke. "You know, one thing with calls, you never want to see a child hurt."

The deputy said he was just lucky to be in the right place at the right time to help the child out.

In a Facebook post displaying the video, the Santa Fe County Sheriff's Office invited members of the community to "view the video and witness the life-saving measures taken by this Santa Fe County Deputy Sheriff."

"Great work Deputy Ficke!" the post added. "We thank you for your public service and quick, professional actions."