A police officer became the lifesaver for a two-week-old baby in Graz on Thursday. “The mother ran to me with the still boy in her hand,” he tells the “Steirerkrone”. “You’re scared at first.”
It was actually a quiet Thursday morning for Mr. Weniger, who has been a police officer for 33 years. He was in civilian clothes at the Triestersiedlung in Graz-Gries, in the settlement “Auf der Tändelwiese” and was doing research. “Suddenly a young woman ran out of the house screaming,” he says. “She yelled, ‘Help, help, my child isn’t breathing!’ She held the boy motionless in her hands. I know the people there and I knew he was only two weeks old.”
“Static Little Worm”
Weninger immediately called an ambulance. “Then my mother gave me the worm,” he continues. The little one didn’t move. ‘You’re afraid to hurt him! I jumped on him, held his head and pushed gently against his torso.”
A passer-by then yelled for the police officer to come to the nearby pharmacy. “Then I ran there hoping someone could help until the ambulance came.” Meanwhile, the baby started to cry. “Coincidentally, there was a Samaritan paramedic at the pharmacy. He gave the boy oxygen and then the doctor came.”
“Even after many years, the work remains fascinating“
The 53-year-old officer, himself a family man, suspects that the boy may have suffocated after eating and that walking has lifted the blockage. “I’m just glad the situation turned out this way. Even after so many years in the business, you still experience situations where you almost lose control.” And one thing is certain for him: “As a police officer you have to help!”
By the way, the baby’s mother thanked the police officer on Friday. “I said: you don’t need that.”
Source: Krone
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