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Three of cers come to the rescue of infant
n BY NICK SWEDBERG
To three 9th District officers, saving the life of a baby last month seemed like just another day on the job.
Officers Nicole Wisniewski, Alec Keegan and Sean McDer- mott worked together to help the 8-month-old son of a man and woman who flagged them down while on patrol during the afternoon of Sept. 21.
The three officers were traveling in the 2900 block of Union Avenue when they spotted the man standing on the side of the road holding his child. When their squad was close, Wisniews- ki and McDermott bolted toward the man, who was holding his child.
“They were frantic and upset,” said Wisniewski, who has been on the job less than a year. “They said the baby had been having a high fever earlier, and he was having a seizure.”
She grabbed the baby first, and the two of them started chest compressions.
“At that point, having kids of my own, I just wanted the baby to be alert,” Wisniewski said.
A couple of tense minutes later, the baby vomited and start- ed to pink up. Keegan, who was serving as FTO for the other two officers, was driving that day. He had only known the offi-
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cers for a few days when they were thrown into the middle of a lifesaving situation, he said. After Wisniewski and McDermott leapt from the car, Keegan got on the radio to make sure EMS was on the way.
“Everything kicked in. It was the first call I ever had dealing with a baby. And it was a little nerve-wracking,” Keegan said.
Traffic started to pile up on the roadway as Wisniewski and McDermott worked on the child. Keegan started directing traffic to make sure it was safely getting around them, he said.
“It’s not every day that you get waved down for something like that,” said Keegan. “Normally, you’re not pulling up ex- pecting it to be a kid not breathing. It felt great to do some- thing positive for them.”
McDermott, who also has been on the job for less than a year, said he hopes more people realize that police are on the streets to help.
“We’re supposed to serve and protect the community, so there shouldn’t be any fear of waving us down for an emergen- cy situation,” he said. d
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