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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/
Brown, Haley, and Khristina Narizhnaya. “NYPD cops rush to heroically save choking infant outside Bronx apartment: ‘I wasn’t breathing either’.” New York Post, 2 Oct. 2026, https://nypost.com/2026/10/02/us-news/nypd-cops-rush-to-heroically-save-choking-infant-outside-bronx-apartment/.
Brown, Haley, and Khristina Narizhnaya. “NYPD cops rush to heroically save choking infant outside Bronx apartment: ‘I wasn’t breathing either’.” New York Post, October 2, 2026. https://nypost.com/2026/10/02/us-news/nypd-cops-rush-to-heroically-save-choking-infant-outside-bronx-apartment/.
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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.