An Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agent stationed at John F. Kennedy International Airport on March 25 saved a 1-year-old boy who was choking, using the Heimlich maneuver, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) said.
While waiting in a busy Transportation Security Administration (TSA) precheck line, the child became unresponsive in his father’s arms, with CCTV footage capturing the child’s arms going limp as panic spread among passengers, DHS said in a March 26 statement.
The ICE agent heard the father’s screams and those of other travelers and sprinted to the scene, according to DHS.
The father handed the child to the officer, who assessed him and then performed the Heimlich maneuver. After a few seconds, the child started breathing again, the department said….