Body cameras captured the moment that police officers in Rialto, California, rushed to save a choking 3-year-old child. The Rialto Police Department said the toddler’s mother, Cecilia Rosas, was driving on Aug. 5 when she realized that her son, Matthias, was choking on his vomit and not breathing.
Officers rushed to the 300 block of E. Foothill Boulevard after receiving the mother’s 911 call for help. Officer Joshua Colorado and another officer, Juan Villasenor, immediately started doing anything they could to help the 3-year-old boy, utilizing a LifeVac airway clearance tool to evacuate the vomit.
They successfully cleared the toddler’s airway as the Rialto Fire Department arrived. Paramedics took the child, who is autistic and nonverbal, to a local hospital, where the child made a full recovery after further evaluation and treatment.
Rosas expressed her gratitude to the officers, saying, ‘I thank God that I’m here talking to you and I’m holding my son today… I’ve been waiting for this moment and really give them a hug and thank them for what they did for my son that day.’
Original reporting: KOAT Albuquerque — read the source article.
