Incredible moment San Diego cop saved life of baby who stopped breathing

A San Diego police officer heroically saved the life of a one-year-old infant who stopped breathing on Tuesday.

Authorities received a frantic phone call at about 1:35 pm on New Year's Eve concerning a one-year-old baby who was unable to breathe in Point Loma.

The panicked woman was first provided instructions on how to perform CPR on the non-breathing child by the 911 dispatcher, however Officer Warner of the San Diego Police Department arrived on scene soon after.

Warner, who had been patrolling nearby, arrived on the chilling scene and acted quickly to get the breathless baby breathing again.

'Any death call, in general, is always intense. But you add the element of a juvenile it gets you going a little bit,' Warner said.

Footage of the crowded scene, captured by an onlooker, shows officer Warner outside the Sunset Cliffs Boulevard home holding the shirtless infant against his chest as his gloved hands pat and rub the child's back.

Outside the house, worry-stricken people can be seen crowding around the Warner and the distressed infant before emergency medical services arrive.

As the ambulance arrives at the home, Warner can be seen carrying the child out of the front yard and into the back of the ambulance.

Warner credited the dispatcher for their lifesaving CPR instructions as he and the others present at the southern California home helped to save the ailing infant.   

'Baby was conscious, awake, breathing, crying,' Warner said after the struggling infant was sent to a nearby hospital for further medical treatment. 

It remains unclear as to what exactly happened to the child at this time, however Warner noted the child suffers from underlying health conditions. 

'Based off what I heard he's got some underlying medical issues. I am not 100 percent sure what they were, I was just caring to him,' Warner told the recording onlooker.

'You got here really quick, you went in there ... good job,' the onlooker said. 'Happy New Year! Hopefully this will be one of the most exciting things to happen today and hope that everyone stays safe.'

A similar event unfolded last year when a hero police officer resuscitated a baby in the middle of a highway, after his mom sped past a patrol car on her way to the hospital.

Officer Brendan Fraser, had been on duty in Warren, Michigan, in September 2023 when he saw a speeding blue Camaro pass his patrol car.

After pulling the vehicle over, Fraser quickly realized that the family inside the car had an emergency and rushed to their aid.

Footage captured the moment he manages to get their eighteen month old baby boy breathing again, after the choking baby became blue in the lips.

In the footage, the mother of the child can be heard screaming: 'Help, help we got a baby in here dying.'

Springing into action, Fraser immediately makes his way towards the car and can be seen reaching inside to assist the family.

He can be heard repeatedly asking: 'What do you mean? What do you mean?'

The family inside the car can be heard pleading to let them continue on their way to the hospital

One woman tells Fraser: 'We took him to the hospital. They said he had COVID and then he just started seizing.'

One of the parents can be heard screaming: 'No, please don't take him' before Fraser says: 'I'm not going to take him.'

The dash cam footage on his patrol car then captured Fraser repeatedly patting the child on the back and attempting to dislodge what was choking the baby.

Soon after, he can be heard saying: 'He's getting air, he is getting air. I can feel him.'

The panicked parents, who remain unknown, can be seen frantically crowding round the officer as the video ends.

Speaking to ABC, Officer Fraser said: 'At this point, it's not about writing a ticket, stopping a speeding driver, there's an actual emergency here.

'Watching it now it’s kind of overwhelming but in the moment there’s really not much thought other than relying on the training.'