Hero Officer Saves Baby’s Life During Traffic Stop On Busy Highway
A Michigan police officer is being celebrated for his heroic actions during a traffic stop on Tuesday, as he saved the life of a child who wasn’t breathing.
At around 6:00 p.m. on Tuesday, Warren Police Department officer Brendan Fraser pulled over a Chevrolet Camaro speeding at roughly 80 mph in a 45-mph zone.
“I thought he was racing somebody, or maybe he was trying to get away from something,” the officer later explained.
After Fraser pulled the Camaro over, the driver and passenger frantically explained that the 18-month-old baby boy in the car had stopped breathing and they were rushing him to a nearby hospital.
“Help, help, we got a baby here dying!” the driver yelled.
Fraser later explained: “And then, really, now it made sense when he handed his baby over. He’s headed to the hospital that’s about three-quarters of a mile away.”
In the police dashcam footage, the driver can be seen waving his arms and screaming.
“We took him to the hospital and they said he had COVID. And then he just started seizing,” the child’s mother told Fraser.
The officer can be seen on video taking the baby out of the vehicle, where he immediately noticed that the boy was turning blue, and his eyes had rolled into the back of his head. Fraser sprung into action, picking up the baby and administering several blows to the baby’s back — clearing his airway and causing the child to spit up. The baby quickly began breathing again.
“He’s breathing, look at him, he’s OK,” Fraser said as he tried to calm the panicked family.
Fraser later explained: “It was a big relief, for sure. When the child started breathing, and you saw the color come back around its lips.”
More police officers soon arrived at the scene to rush the baby to the local hospital. The child was later transferred to St. John Hospital — but has since been released and is recovering at home with his family.
Fraser later said that he “happened to be in the right place at the right time.”
In a statement obtained by Detroit News, Warren Police Commissioner William Dwyer commended Fraser for his heroic actions.
“Officer Fraser’s actions on this traffic stop are nothing short of heroic,” the statement read. “This incident shows that police work and traffic stops are not always about writing tickets or making arrests.”
“In this case, what started off as a traffic stop for speeding resulted in Officer Fraser saving a child’s life,” the statement continued. “Officer Fraser relied on his training, communication skills, and compassion as he worked to resuscitate the child. He was also able to calm down the child’s family members who were understandably frantic over the situation.”
Fraser was also celebrated for his actions on social media, with users agreeing that the officer was a hero.
