The dramatic footage shows the frantic efforts of officer Ismael Quintana to save the life of an unconscious toddler named Drances, who had fallen into a swimming pool.
Quintana relentlessly performs chest compressions on the stricken child during the incident in Cleveland, Ohio.
The boy's aunt, Cynthia Connor, can be seen performing mouth to mouth on the tot during the clip.
"Come on papi, breathe", one bystander says as the officer is heard urging the child to "breathe".
To everyone's huge relief, the boy gurgles and begins to gasp for air as the clip ends.
"He's breathing, he's breathing," a relieved voice declares.
Mrs Connor told WJW-TV: "He was purple, he was lifeless. When they picked him up, he had nothing. He was like shaking, his lips were shaking."
"It's something I'm never gonna ever forget. Like, sometimes I wake up just thinking about it."
Little Drances spent two days in hospital recovering and now owes a debt of gratitude to the prompt actions of his rescuer.
Source : Mirror , DailyMail
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