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NYPD cops rush to heroically save choking infant outside Bronx apartment: ‘I wasn’t breathing either’

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Brown, H., & Narizhnaya, K. (2026, October 2). NYPD cops rush to heroically save choking infant outside Bronx apartment: ‘I wasn’t breathing either’. New York Post. https://nypost.com/2026/10/02/us-news/nypd-cops-rush-to-heroically-save-choking-infant-outside-bronx-apartment/

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New York Post · collected 2026-10-02 · by Haley Brown, Khristina Narizhnaya

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Two NYPD officers, Julio Arias and Karolin Abreu Garcia, saved a 10-month-old boy from choking outside an apartment building in the Bronx on September 26. The officers responded to a frantic call for help, took the unconscious baby, and performed back slaps until he started crying and breathing again within about a minute. In a Friday reunion at the 44th Precinct, the grateful mother thanked the officers, calling them "mis héroes," while they held the now-recovered infant.
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On September 26, NYPD officers Julio Arias and Karolin Abreu Garcia were responding to another call in the South Bronx when someone urgently flagged them down on Grand Concourse near East 168th Street. The person yelled that a baby was not breathing and pointed towards an apartment building. Upon arrival, they found Janibel Montana, holding her 10-month-old son Jheyler Montero who was dressed in a dinosaur costume but limp and unresponsive.

Arias immediately began performing back slaps to dislodge the object blocking Jheyler's airway. Less than a minute later, Jheyler started crying and breathing again after Arias felt something fall out. The officers were visited by Montana and her son at the 44th Precinct in an emotional reunion on Friday, where she expressed gratitude and urged other parents to keep small objects away from children to prevent choking incidents.

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Haley Brown
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Bronx EMS NYPD

Subjects

Arias PERSON · 5× Montana GPE · 4× Garcia PERSON · 2× Jheyler PERSON · 2× Bronx GPE · 1× Janibel Montana PERSON · 1× Jheyler Montero PERSON · 1× Julio Arias PERSON · 1× Karolin Abreu Garcia PERSON · 1× NYPD ORG · 1×

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Montana said she still does not know what her son was choking on, but she urged all parents to keep a close watch over their children — and keep small things they can put in their mouth out of reach.
framing: assertive · carried by 1 article(s) · first seen 2026-10-03
🔮 “I wanted to make sure that if I wasn’t able to do anything, I would just be able to save him long enough for EMS.”

Claims (20 extracted, 1 hedged)

Two hero NYPD cops saved a 10-month-old boy who was choking to death in the Bronx last week — and were visited by the grateful mother and infant in an emotional reunion Friday. asserted
who → save → reunion
Officers Julio Arias and Karolin Abreu Garcia of the South Bronx were responding to another call on Sept. 26 when someone suddenly stopped them near Grand Concourse and East 168th Street, cops said. asserted
cops → respond → Concourse
“Baby not breathing,” the person frantically yelled to the officers and pointed toward a nearby apartment building, Garcia said. asserted
Garcia → breathe → building
The partners immediately made a U-Turn and found the child’s desperate mother, 21-year-old Janibel Montana, outside, holding her limp son and screaming for help, dramatic body camera video captured. asserted
video → make → help
Little Jheyler Montero was dressed in a dinosaur costume, the video showed. asserted
video → dress → costume
Arias took the baby — and began slapping his back to force out whatever was blocking his airway. asserted
whatever → take → airway
“I was giving him the backslaps,” Arias said during the reunion with Montana and her baby boy outside the 44th Precinct. asserted
Arias → give → Precinct
“I had felt something fall off, and that’s when he started crying, started breathing again. asserted
he → feel → ?
The baby began crying less than a minute after Arias started performing the lifesaving measure, the officer said. asserted
officer → begin → measure
Arias said an object struck his boot, but neither the officers nor the family knew what it was. “ asserted
it → say → boot
I feel like I was breathing again when I saw the baby crying. asserted
baby → feel → ?
I noticed I wasn’t breathing either,” Garcia admitted. asserted
Garcia → notice → ?
The officers made sure Jheyler was taken to a hospital, then later returned to check on him, she said. asserted
she → make → him
At Friday’s reunion, Montana greeted the officers as “mis héroes” — my heroes in Spanish — when she saw them outside the precinct. asserted
she → greet → precinct
The officers took turns holding the little boy, who turns 11 months old Saturday. asserted
who → take → boy
Montana said she had been making food while Jheyler played in his crib when he suddenly went quiet. asserted
he → say → crib
She tried to help him before running outside and screaming for help, according to a translation by Garcia. uncertain
She → try → Garcia
“I know this is a parent’s worst nightmare,” said Arias, a father of two, who performed that type of maneuver on a child for the first time. asserted
who → know → time
“I wanted to make sure that if I wasn’t able to do anything, I would just be able to save him long enough for EMS.” asserted
I → want → EMS
Montana said she still does not know what her son was choking on, but she urged all parents to keep a close watch over their children — and keep small things they can put in their mouth out of reach. asserted
they → say → reach
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