Cristy Lucero found herself faced with every parent's worst nightmare when, while she was driving, her daughter turned blue and stopped breathing.
Her 7-year-old, who was taking medication at the time to alleviate the pain from a broken arm, passed out after eating.
Lucero frantically rushed to the hospital where she saw Officer Jared Stock from the Farmington Police Department in New Mexico. He happened to be at the right place at the right time.
Like the Texas police officer who jumped in to rescue an unresponsive toddler, Stock became a hero that day.
After noticing something was very wrong, the police officer performed the Heimlich maneuver, the same lifesaving technique that helped a custodian save an 8-year-old during school.
The scary moment was also caught on his dash cam as shown at the one-minute mark. Although he's not visible in the frame, the officer is heard screaming, "Come on, cry! Let it out, cry!"
The video below also shows the moment Officer Stock reunited with Lucero and her daughter a month after the rescue. Although the little girl didn't show too much emotion, her mother is seen embracing the officer and crying in his arms.
"He's our angel," Lucero told KRQE News 13. "He saved my baby."
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