Baby Saved At BWI Thanks To Customs Officers, Medics: Officials

LINTHICUM, MD — Customs officers and medics saved an unresponsive baby Wednesday at Baltimore/Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport, an incident report said. The write-up noted that officers were inspecting an outbound flight for Montego Bay, Jamaica when a mother reported that her infant son stopped breathing.

Officer Spencer Warner started doing compression-only CPR at 12:23 p.m., the U.S. Customs and Border Protection added. Authorities explained that a second officer, Supreme Jones, called the BWI Airport Fire & Rescue Department. The press release clarified that a final officer, Tyler Brady, secured a safety perimeter.

Medics arrived around 12:30 p.m. and took the child to an unnamed hospital, the report informed. Officials expect him to make a full recovery.

“This infant and his parents were incredibly fortunate that highly trained Customs and Border Protection officers were nearby to render immediate life-saving assistance to help paramedics save this precious young child’s life,” stated Keith Fleming, acting director of field operations for CBP's Baltimore Field Office.

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