{"id":70370,"date":"2025-12-14T15:36:06","date_gmt":"2025-12-14T15:36:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/70370\/"},"modified":"2025-12-14T15:36:06","modified_gmt":"2025-12-14T15:36:06","slug":"hero-nypd-detective-recounts-moment-he-saved-choking-baby-at-the-side-of-a-bronx-highway-amnewyork","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/70370\/","title":{"rendered":"Hero NYPD detective recounts moment he saved choking baby at the side of a Bronx highway \u2013 amNewYork"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Detective Michael Greaney went viral on social media after a driver caught him on camera slapping the back of an eight-month-old girl, preventing her from choking.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Provided to amNewYork<\/p>\n

The hero NYPD<\/a> detective who saved the life of a choking infant on the side of a Bronx<\/a> highway described to amNewYork the viral moment he jumped into action.<\/p>\n

Detective Michael Greaney went viral on social media last week<\/a> after a driver caught him on camera slapping the back of an eight-month-old girl in an effort to stop the infant from choking.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cA hero,\u201d a person in the video could be heard commenting. When amNewYork asked him about that comment, Greaney responded by humbly stating that he was only doing his job.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s definitely nice to hear, but I don\u2019t consider myself a hero. I think guys who get blown up in Afghanistan fighting for our country, those are the real heroes, those guys. I was just doing what I was supposed to do,\u201d Greaney said. \u201cI\u2019m very happy that we were able to have a positive outcome.\u201d<\/p>\n

\"NYPDDetective Michael Greaney went viral on social media last week after a driver caught him on camera slapping the back of an eight-month-old girl in an effort to stop the infant from choking.\u00a0Screenshot via TikTok\/@simplysandra__<\/p>\n

According to Greaney, who is currently assigned to NYPD Chief of Detectives Joseph Kenny<\/a>\u2019s office, the incident unfolded at around 8:45 a.m. on Dec. 10 when he spotted a black BMW speeding and driving erratically southbound down the emergency lane of the Bronx River Parkway. He followed the car in an attempt to pull it over.<\/p>\n

\u201cI turned on my lights to follow and see what was going on. It just didn\u2019t look right,\u201d he recalled.\n<\/p>\n

When the detective pulled up alongside the vehicle, the driver rolled down his window and said, \u201c\u2018My baby\u2019s choking.’\u201d\n<\/p>\n

\u201cI jumped out of the car,\u201d Greaney recalled. \u201cI ran around to the rear passenger door, opened it up, and immediately pulled the baby out of her car seat, and started doing the maneuver on her back, patting her on the back, until I heard her cough.\u201d<\/p>\n

Greaney said the baby\u2019s obstruction was cleared, and she was able to breathe again, and the tot\u2019s father was able to breathe a sigh of relief.\n<\/p>\n

While the father immediately drove away to get the baby a check-up, the detective was later able to connect with and confirm she had fully recovered.\n<\/p>\n

Greaney told amNewYork that it was important to act quickly, and although it was a dire situation, he said he let his NYPD training take over.\n<\/p>\n

\u201cI went right back to what they told me years ago in the police academy. Just, every second counts. You have to get it done as quickly as possible. And that\u2019s all I was trying to do,\u201d Greaney said.<\/p>\n

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