Philadelphia police officers perform CPR on infant during emergency response

Thanks for staying with us. So, in this week's Heroes on the Front Line, when seconds mattered most, a trio of Philadelphia police became medics performing CPR on a lifeless 10-month-old who had stopped breathing suddenly. Never-before-seen body cam shows how their quick thinking made the difference between life and death until doctors could step in. >> It was a race against the clock. Aaron, get I got >> my partner immediately jumped out the passenger side and went over to the baby, started chest compressions. I grabbed the CPR mask. >> A 10-month-old not breathing. Three cops racing to the nearest ER. >> Officer Vincent Clark in the driver's seat. >> Tell notify St. Chris. >> Officers Devonte Dandy and Liam Herren in the back seat doing CPR. >> Was that challenging being in the backseat of a vehicle? >> We're trying to get St. Chris as fast as possible, especially when not seat belted in the back. So, holding the baby, too, it could be very very nerve-wracking. In this case, uh 10-month old baby, 30 30 chest compressions, two rescue breasts. >> The officers say they had responded to a desperate call for help from a father in Kensington. >> We were met by the father at the front doorway. He was holding his child. Uh he was unresponsive, fully unresponsive. Um completely, the body was completely limp. We noticed that the the baby started to be very discolored. And we're thinking about our training that we got. We get yearly CPR training. >> While touch and go on the way to the hospital, that training was put to the ultimate test. >> He did regain consciousness twice through CPR. I noticed through the rescue breast, I could see his lungs fill out with my oxygen. You could see he started to cry and come back to life, but then simultaneously his eyes would roll back and fall unconscious. So, >> what's running through your mind as you're watching that happen? >> Just like I have a four-year-old son at home as well. you know, what if this were my my son, my niece, my nephew, you know, like I just really wanted a great outcome for the child. >> In less than 3 minutes, they arrived at St. Christopher's where doctors immediately took over. In a note sent to the police department, the doctors credit the officers with delivering early and sustained care that improved the child's chance of survival. It >> makes me feel amazing. You know, that's this this is every everything that I've signed up for. People are asking you to for help and they rely on your training and some days even maybe save their child. So these calls of service are definitely our priority. >> Yeah, community first. Now fortunately police say that baby has recovered, we don't know what caused him to stop breathing and that remains under investigation. But had those officers not taken matters into their own hands, this would have been a very different outcome. If you know a first responder who has gone above and beyond while on the call of duty, let us know. You can head to 6abc.com/heroes. >> My goodness, one of the stories that reminds you of the humanity of these officers, too. They are mothers and fathers as well. And he just wanted the best outcome for that baby. Christy, thanks.