Albany, NY – Two New York City police officers who saved a baby girl over the weekend were honored by Mayor Bill de Blasio and Police Commissioner William Bratton.
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NYPD Officer Michael Konatsotis (koh-nah-SOH’-tis) and his partner, Officer David Roussine (ROO-sehn), saved the non-breathing 15-month-old baby Saturday after her parents called 911 when she turned blue.
The officers went to the home and took the child to a hospital in their patrol car while Konatsotis performed emergency CPR. When they arrived at the hospital, Konatsotis says the baby let out a big burp, color returned to her face and she started crying. The baby is doing fine.
At a ceremony Monday, de Blasio presented the officers with certificates of praise and called them “true heroes.”
Oy this mayor
Well deserved. True police officers serving the community, and not lazy, doughnut eating cops. Thank you!
Not to minimize their heroic efforts – Just imagine how many honors we need to bestow upon our hatzalah who voluntarily saves lives and has stories like these on a daily basis.
How about him honoring Hatzolah members who save lives every single day – and not only Jewish lives either!
Good thinking- taking the baby in the patrol car instead of waiting for an ambulance! Kudos to these policemen!
Actually this is fantastic and these police officers do this on a regular basis. We should honor them as well.
Yuck, Bill enough with the hugging – first a kindergartner, then a police officer, give me a break. Go hug a tree.
In reality, the officers broke protocol and the law by transporting in their car. Our previous mayor would have had them fired.