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09/09/2016
London man’s calm, quick actions save baby’s life
A routine quality control check on Sept. 1 became anything but for Daniel Craft, a Time Warner Cable technician.
The London resident was on an assignment in Galloway, completing paperwork in his vehicle, when he heard the frantic screams of a group of women outside a nearby apartment complex. He rushed across the street to see what was going on. One of the women cried that her son had stopped breathing.
Craft told the women to call 911, then ran into the apartment where he dis-covered the 5-month-old boy was turning blue and his body was becoming cold. He tried putting the baby on the floor, stretching him out, and putting his head back. When that didn’t work, he performed a finger sweep of the baby’s mouth to remove any obstacles and open his airway.
“I didn’t feel anything in there, but when I pulled my finger out, he took a big, gurgly breath and his stomach rose real high,” Craft said.
As the baby began breathing, Craft got on the phone with the 911 operator, who advised him what to watch for should other complications arise. He stayed with the infant until the emergency units arrived.
