{"id":377198,"date":"2026-08-21T04:46:10","date_gmt":"2026-08-21T04:46:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/377198\/"},"modified":"2026-08-21T04:46:10","modified_gmt":"2026-08-21T04:46:10","slug":"miami-beach-police-sergeant-who-rescued-elderly-choking-restaurant-diner-in-hialeah-honored-by-department-wsvn-7news-miami-news-weather-sports-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/377198\/","title":{"rendered":"Miami Beach Police sergeant who rescued elderly choking restaurant diner in Hialeah honored by department &#8211; WSVN 7News | Miami News, Weather, Sports"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A Miami Beach Police sergeant was honored for his swift, life-saving actions days after he <a href=\"https:\/\/wsvn.com\/news\/local\/miami-dade\/miami-beach-police-sergeant-rescues-elderly-choking-diner-at-hialeah-restaurant\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">rendered aid to an elderly diner<\/a> at a restaurant in Hialeah.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Miami Beach Police Sgt. Alex Bello was celebrated Thursday at the department\u2019s headquarters on Washington Avenue for coming to the rescue of a 70-year-old man over the weekend.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The law enforcement officer saved the day on Saturday after he noticed the man in distress while inside was La Vi\u00f1a Aragon Restaurant, located near West Eighth Avenue and 81st Place, during his lunch break. <\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Bello quickly realized the diner was choking. He told 7News his training then kicked in, and that\u2019s when he applied the Heimlich maneuver.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cIt was a difficult situation, but obviously, my training kicked in, and the great training that is offered here at the City of Miami Beach Police Department allowed me to get through that situation,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Video shared with 7News shows Bello picking up the diner from the floor and performing the maneuver several times as bystanders watch in distress and guide the choking man. <\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cI pick him up off the floor to start the Heimlich maneuver. I had to execute [it] several times,\u201d he said. <\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">After a few rounds, the elderly man began breathing. <\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThen I said, \u2018Hold on. Give him a second. I think he\u2019s breathing,\u201d said Bello.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Those in the video immediately begin spreading the news of crisis averted. <\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cIn the restaurant, as soon as everybody could see that he was awake, conscious, started clapping,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">On Thursday, Bello heard another round of applause from the community as he was honored for his quick thinking actions that saved the man\u2019s life. <\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Miami Beach Police Chief Wayne Jones and Mayor Steven Meiner were on hand at the ceremony.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cI believe Alex Bello here saved lives,\u201d said Jones. \u201cI want to honor you today by awarding you the department\u2019s life-saving award.\u201d <\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Through it all, Bello remains humble.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cI\u2019m very humbled. I don\u2019t like the attention, obviously not. I\u2019m not I\u2019m not about that,\u201d he said. \u201cI\u2019m a very low-key individual, but I\u2019m honored that I was able to be there, you know, and that God guided my hand.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This isn\u2019t the first time Bello has sprang into action. According to Jones, back in 2009, the sergeant administered CPR to someone having a medical episode in Miami Beach, saving their life. <\/p>\n<p>\tJoin our Newsletter for the latest news right to your inbox<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A Miami Beach Police sergeant was honored for his swift, life-saving actions days after he rendered aid to&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":376775,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[225,227,226],"class_list":["post-377198","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-hialeah","tag-hialeah","tag-hialeah-headlines","tag-hialeah-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/377198","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=377198"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/377198\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/376775"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=377198"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=377198"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=377198"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}