NJ Transit rescue: Police officers perform CPR, save life of choking 3-year-old at Trenton station on body cam video

TRENTON, New Jersey (WABC) — Dramatic body camera footage captures New Jersey Transit police officers saving the life of a choking child.

As soon as the transit officers approached a bus at N.J. Transit’s Trenton station, a father frantically handed over his limp 3-year-old son.

“We grabbed it, and it actually kind of flopped onto us. So that’s when we realized something was wrong with the airway,” said Sergeant Michael Filandro of the New Jersey Transit Police.

The incident happened around 9:45 p.m. on April 16. The family had come from Texas on a chartered migrant bus. From there, they had tickets to New York City.

With the child unresponsive and not breathing, the emergency halted everything.

As the mother cries, it’s an all-out effort by Sergeant Filandro and K9 Officer Timothy Geoghegan to bring the child back to life.

“Sergeant grabbed the baby and started doing some back blows. I kind of was just …