Miami-Dade police have shared video showing the rescue of a three-year-old boy who fell into a canal inside a car that began to sink in an area of southwest Miami.
The event happened on February 27 this year, according to the date shown in the video and was recorded by the officers’ body camera. Miami-Dade Police released the footage with the following message: “See the efforts of our Southern District officers as they work diligently to save the life of a 3-year-old boy who was trapped in a vehicle overwhelmed.”
Miami-Dade Police Sergeant Edward Webster, the first to arrive on the scene, said he received a call after a man somehow fell into a canal and his son got be found stuck in a car seat. .
In the video, several officers who participated in the rescue recount their experience and the action of the officers is shown from the 911 call, when it was reported that a car had fallen into a canal, while a woman desperate was asking for help because the car was sinking..
After the car was submerged for a few minutes, officers entered the water and managed to get the child out of the vehicle. Once outside, the boy did not respond, but officers applied CPR several times until the little boy reacted, started breathing and crying, also to the officers’ emotion. .
“I felt fine, but when the baby started crying, I started crying too because it was the best cry I’ve ever had in my life,” said Officer Junior Clervil, who participated in the rescue. “It was good to know that, you know, even though it was a bad day for everyone involved, but it turned out to be a great day in the end.”
The little boy was then transferred by ambulance to a nearby health center, where he completed his recovery.