Officer Saves Child with CPR
Officer Jennifer Wilson responded first. When the 13-year police veteran found a 4-year old lying facedown in a pool of his own blood, her heart sank.
“Anything with a child — I’m a mom first, and a wife — that kind of thing sticks with you,” she said.
Wilson began CPR immediately, and after severals breaths, and chest compressions, the boy began breathing on his own.
That night, Wilson said, she held her own kids tighter.
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