Officers Save Baby From Choking

Los Angeles police officers provided impromptu first aid to a 13-month-old girl who had turned blue from choking Sunday, dislodging a marble lodged in her throat and saving her life.

Officer Ramon Espinosa and his partner, Officer Ron Dickerson, were near an apartment in the 6700 block of Riverton Avenue about 9:30 p.m. when they heard the call--a baby was choking a few blocks away.

In the apartment, Amy Anduja had turned blue. Amy’s father held her in his arms and her mother sobbed. “People were running all around,” Espinosa said. “We felt like we had to do something. Luckily, it was the right thing.”

They laid Amy on her stomach and patted her back. She coughed out the marble and began to breathe normally.

“It’s not often enough that we’re able to do something like that,” Espinosa said Monday. “Most of the time we respond to these calls and it’s too late.”