An Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent stationed at JFK International Airport saved a 1-year-old boy’s life Thursday after the child stopped breathing in a crowded TSA screening line.
Video footage released by the Department of Homeland Security showed a father holding his baby suddenly notice something was wrong and begin rushing out of the line. The ICE agent on duty spotted the emergency and sprinted over. He performed the Heimlich maneuver. The baby started breathing again.
“On March 25, 2026, an ICE agent helping to support @TSA operations at John F. Kennedy International Airport in New York jumped into action to help save the life of a one-year-old child experiencing a medical emergency,” DHS wrote. “The heroic actions of this officer began when a one-year-old child became unresponsive in the arms of his father, unable to breathe for almost two minutes. CCTV review shows a passenger in a TSA Precheck line holding his one-year-old in his arms when the child’s arms go lifeless; panic ensues, and the father is seen scrambling around the area, and calling for help”
“The agent working at his post, heard the screams from the father and other passengers and sprinted to the scene. The father handed the child to the officer, who then assessed the unresponsive child and began performing the Heimlich maneuver,” the post continued. “After a few seconds, the child started breathing again. EMS personnel arrived on scene with medical equipment to further monitor and re-assess the child. The child was re-assessed and determined to be healthy enough to fly.”
President Trump praised ICE’s work at airports. “I am so proud of our ICE Patriots! They were unfairly maligned by the Lunatic Democrats for years, and now, at the Airports, in addition to what they are supposed to be doing, they are helping people with bags, even picking up and cleaning areas,” he wrote on Truth Social.
