Police Officer, Mother Work Together To Save Infant

GALLOWAY TOWNSHIP, N.J., (CBS) -- An infant is saved thanks to the quick thinking of his mom and a police officer in the right place at just the right time.

"Geographically we are a large township. We are 110 square miles," said Galloway Township police officer Kevin Jorgensen.

So it is just by luck that Officer Jorgensen was in the immediate area when he got a call about an unresponsive infant.

"I got there in under three minutes," said Officer Jorgensen.

Still gravely long for a baby to go without breath. Luckily his mom Alexandra let instinct and training take over.

I'm a teacher so I was trained through my school in infant and child CPR," she said.

A friend had called 911 and the two were on the phone with dispatchers as Officer Jorgensen arrived.

"I did turn the baby over and applied several thrusts to his back then I turned him over again and began compressions on his chest," he said.

Ironically his department had just gone through updated CPR training. Soon he was joined by fellow officers and first responders.

"I mean they were working on him doing really stressful things I'm sure and kind of 'come on buddy,'" said the infant's mother.

"And I'm like, 'Come on buddy, come on,' and I'm talking to him," said Officer Jorgensen.

Jorgensen has three young children of his own making what happened next even more emotional.

"I mean he is laying there like this and he opened his eyes so quick like this I'm like, 'did he just open his eyes?' I couldn't believe it I was dumbfounded," said Officer Jorgensen.

He did. Baby Brian then started to breathe and cry.

"We are thankful that we had the outcome we did because it could have gone a lot of different ways," said his mother.

"It was an overwhelming feeling of joy I was just happy that we could provide him with another chance," said Officer Jorgensen.

Baby Brian is recovering at the hospital. Doctors are still trying to figure out what caused him to suddenly stop breathing.

His mother says she wants to thank Officer Jorgensen and others in person. She encourages all new parents to be trained in CPR.