Two Los Angeles security guards working at a Beverly Hills gas station have been praised for their quick thinking when they stepped in to save a choking baby.
Niko Nesbeth, a Marine veteran, and his partner Joey Madrigal were working at the 76 gas station on the corner of Santa Monica Boulevard and Crescent Drive in the morning of May 26.
A person rushed in to grab some water to help the infant, and say that a mother needed help: the panic-stricken mother was seen on surveillance camera footage yelling: ‘Who’s a doctor?’
Nesbeth ran out, and Madrigal radioed for medics.
The mother thrust her child into Nesbeth’s arms, and collapsed on the floor in hysterics as Nesbeth tapped the baby on the back to restore its breathing.
The panic-stricken mother, in the green top, can be seen thrusting her choking baby into the arms of the security guard, Niko Nesbeth
Niko Nesbeth said that he was happy he was on the scene and able to assist
‘She was very devastated,’ said Jose Peraza, an attendant at the gas station who helped console the mother.
He told KTLA: ‘He was dying, not breathing or anything. So, a couple of security guards, they helped her out.
‘My partner told the security guard to hit the little baby on the back.’
Nesbeth said he immediately realized the infant needed urgent attention.
‘The mother already throws the baby into my arms,’ said Nesbeth.
‘I notice looking at the baby’s face the baby was turning blue.
‘I could tell his colors were changing so I knew he was choking and wasn’t getting air.’
The mother, in green, is seen sinking to the floor in hysterics as Nesbeth tends to the infant
Joey Madrigal was tasked with calling for immediate medical assistance for the baby
The pair said they believe it is ‘divine intervention’ that they were in the right place at the right time
Madrigal, who had recently joined Covered 6 security, said he knew the priority was getting professional medical help.
‘One thing I’ve learned through training is that you’ve got to slow down time; and you’ve got to realize and just get all the facts and put it all together – because I was pretty much in charge of getting the rescue as fast as possible,’ he said.
Nesbeth said he was happy that he could help her, describing his being in the right place at the right time as ‘divine intervention’.
The infant was unharmed.
‘It was the best feeling to feel that way,’ he told Fox 11.
‘To assist a community – especially a little child – that’s amazing.’
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