WATCH: Security officer leaps into action to save baby from choking

Transportation Security Administration (TSA) officer Cecilia Morales is being hailed a hero after she saved a baby from choking.

JUST IN: @TSA officer, a former EMT, hailed as a hero after she jumped over a checkpoint conveyor belt to perform Heimlich on an infant who stopped breathing at ⁦@EWRairport⁩ checkpoint, saving the baby’s life. #TSAHolidayMiracle. The news release: https://t.co/J1yuT05ysw pic.twitter.com/3NfRD7lvPh

— Lisa Farbstein, TSA Spokesperson (@TSA_Northeast) December 23, 2021

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