Lauren Turner spied a vehicle speeding past him while on 1 , so the officer managed to stop the car. He 2the driver only to find an unbelievably3woman racing to get medical help for a 12-day-old baby.
Mom threw open the door and 4 the baby to Turner for help. She5just after drinking some milk, the baby named Ryleigh struggled and then fell weak and 6.
Without 7, Turner grabbed hold of the baby and made a(n) 8to recover her breath. "Come on, baby. Cry for me. Come on, open those eyes, sweetheart. " Those 9words seemed to work. However, the baby started breathing and then stopped. Turner held her chin and rubbed her lip so 10she started over breathing. Turner sighed in 11and people around were applauding everything the officer did to 12the baby.
13what he did, Turner received the Life-Saving Medal from Berkeley County. He also was 14to Ryleigh's first birthday 15and was thrilled to be a part of her big day.
When the doorbell rang at Turner's home a bit later, in walked Ryleigh and her mom. They had a 16for Turner, which almost brought him to tears. It was a card 17: "Will you be my godfather?"
Turner could 18believe that and his 19was "certainly". What began as a most terrifying moment for a family with a baby on the point of death 20forming an amazing relationship between an officer and the baby whose life he saved.
