Madera County deputy recounts saving choking 14-month-old baby, man on railroad tracks

MADERA COUNTY, Calif. (KFSN) -- A frightening country unfolded successful Madera County past month.

New body-camera video shows a 14-month-old babe choking connected her pacifier arsenic her caregivers frantically called for help.

It was Madera County Sheriff's Deputy Ronnie Aguilar who went to the rescue, performing life-saving archetypal aid.

"You could perceive astir a small spot of vibration of breathing," Deputy Aguilar said. "And a mates of times, she stopped breathing."

Deputy Aguilar remained calm. He says determination was nary clip to lose, telling Action News that helium was determined to prevention the girl.

"(I) benignant of improvised," helium said. "I asked for a woody spoon, and they got maine a artifact paintbrush."

Deputy Aguilar utilized that paintbrush to sound the pacifier loose, redeeming the baby. The body-camera video captures the joyful relief.

The babe was the 2nd idiosyncratic Deputy Aguilar saved this year.

He was connected regular patrol a period anterior erstwhile helium responded to a antheral successful his 70s who was connected the railroad tracks successful Madera County.

Deputy Aguilar walked that antheral to information arsenic the Amtrak rapidly approached.

"Had helium not been determination astatine the moment, had helium not taken the clip to spell find this person, that idiosyncratic would person been deceased also," Madera County Sheriff Tyson Pogue said.

The Sheriff praised Aguilar and each his deputies, telling Action News they are "awesome" and are ever up for the challenge.

"From aesculapian emergencies to despondent persons to wide instrumentality enforcement, they bash truthful galore antithetic things," Sheriff Pogue said. "They capable truthful galore antithetic roles."

Ahead of the holidays, Deputy Aguilar reunited with the babe helium saved and her mother.

"I went to the house," Deputy Aguilar said. "When [the mother] opened the door, the babe was pursuing down her connected the floor, truthful it was benignant of bully seeing her."

Deputy Aguilar wants to punctual the nationalist to output to archetypal responders, thing helium says not each drivers did arsenic helium responded to the choking girl.

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