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A choking 10-day-old girl went lifeless in a deputy's arms. But he was determined to save her life

A choking 10-day-old girl went lifeless in a deputy's arms. But he was determined to save her life
their precious little girls. Abigail and victoria. Twin sisters just shy of a month old. Glenwood is their father. My dad died before I was born my whole life. I've dreamed about kind of being the dad. I never had his kids or his dream come true. But a couple weeks ago when little victoria was just 10 days old, she had finished eating the formula and then and then she gagged, she choked on her formula and stopped breathing. We tried to get it out and we suctioned it out and still she wasn't breathing properly. So he called 911 He kind of gave me that look like, do you know what you're doing, Joshua, kelley got there first. The san Bernardino County Deputy Sheriff looks young, but he's a dad too. I knew what was going on, so flip her over through my arm and started doing back to us. So I did back to us for about 30 seconds, flipped her over to check for breathing, there was still nothing. So he did two rounds of chest compressions and then after about a minute and a half, the baby's arms just dropped and went life list. So I thought for sure the baby, we lost the baby, but deputy kelly wasn't giving up on this little girl. He continued giving her CPR and after three long minutes she finally spit up. That's when she took that first breath in. And it's almost like in that three minutes I made a connection with that baby and I was there for its first breath. That's almost how it felt for me. He really had his heart in it. Glenn wanted the public to see this side of law enforcement exists to. I'm just eternally grateful. There everyday calls for service that often go unnoticed. Some people see what we do. Some people don't. It's not just arresting people and there's a lot more to it
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A choking 10-day-old girl went lifeless in a deputy's arms. But he was determined to save her life
A California deputy saved a 10-day-old girl who choked on her formula and stopped breathing.Abigail and Victoria are twin sisters and they're barely a month old."My dad died before I was born," Glen Wood, their father, told KCAL-TV. "My whole life I've dreamed about being the dad I never had."But Victoria had a close call when she was just 10 days old. The dad had a frightening moment when she choked on formula and stopped breathing."We tried to get it out. We suctioned it out. And still she wasn't breathing properly," Wood said.Then they called 911, and Deputy Joshua Kelly, of the San Bernardino County Sheriff's Department, quite literally came to the rescue.Watch the video above to learn more about this story.

A California deputy saved a 10-day-old girl who choked on her formula and stopped breathing.

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Abigail and Victoria are twin sisters and they're barely a month old.

"My dad died before I was born," Glen Wood, their father, told KCAL-TV. "My whole life I've dreamed about being the dad I never had."

But Victoria had a close call when she was just 10 days old. The dad had a frightening moment when she choked on formula and stopped breathing.

"We tried to get it out. We suctioned it out. And still she wasn't breathing properly," Wood said.

Then they called 911, and Deputy Joshua Kelly, of the San Bernardino County Sheriff's Department, quite literally came to the rescue.

Watch the video above to learn more about this story.