{"id":1750692,"date":"2022-11-24T14:17:50","date_gmt":"2022-11-24T19:17:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1750692"},"modified":"2022-11-24T14:17:54","modified_gmt":"2022-11-24T19:17:54","slug":"police-release-footage-of-florida-cop-who-cant-swim-saving-infant-from-drowning","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/police-release-footage-of-florida-cop-who-cant-swim-saving-infant-from-drowning\/","title":{"rendered":"Police Release Footage Of Florida Cop Who Can\u2019t Swim Saving Infant From Drowning"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">26<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fpolice-release-footage-of-florida-cop-who-cant-swim-saving-infant-from-drowning%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1750692&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Law enforcement on Tuesday released body cam footage of a Florida police officer saving an infant from drowning, despite being unable to swim herself.<\/p>\n<p>Jacksonville Sheriff\u2019s Officer Me\u2019Atia Sanderson saved the life of an infant drowning in a retention pond in June. The video showed Sanderson rushing to help the child, pulling him out of the water, then performing CPR until paramedics arrived.<\/p>\n<p>In the body cam video, Officer Sanderson arrives at an apartment complex and immediately dashes toward a retention pond behind one of the buildings. \u201cHelp! Over here!\u201d A woman can be heard shouting. Sanderson rushes towards her. \u201cWhere\u2019s the baby at?\u201d the officer asks.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn the pond,\u201d the distraught woman responds, pointing into the water. \u201cHe\u2019s somewhere under there,\u201d she adds.<\/p>\n<p>Spotting the infant in the water, Sanderson and the woman both rush into the water. \u201cOh s***, Oh Lord,\u201d Sanderson exclaims as she wades into the pond.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m getting him, I\u2019m getting him,\u201d she continued.<\/p>\n<p>The camera is fully underwater for several seconds as Sanderson can be seen retrieving the baby from the water, then clambering back onto the grass.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPut him down,\u201d she tells a man standing over the child. Sanderson then performs CPR on the child. \u201cCome on baby,\u201d she says as she compresses the infant\u2019s chest and performs mouth-to-mouth resuscitation. Paramedics arrive shortly afterward.<\/p>\n<p>The Jacksonville Sherriff\u2019s Office saluted Sanderson in a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/watch\/?v=470283288541464\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Facebook post<\/a> included with the video.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOfc. Me\u2019Atia Sanderson joined JSO in March of 2019,\u201d the post read. \u201cAs a patrol officer in Zone 4 (Westside), Ofc. Sanderson was working on June 9th of this year when JSO and the Jacksonville Fire and Rescue Department were dispatched to an infant drowning in a retention pond. Sanderson was the first to arrive on scene and was alerted that the infant was still in the water. Ofc. Sanderson, who does not know how to swim herself, without a second\u2019s hesitation, entered the pond to retrieve the child and performed CPR until she was relieved by other responding officers. Her actions, while putting her own life at risk, undoubtedly saved the child\u2019s life.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Earlier this year, Florida Highway Patrol officers also saved a driver and passenger from drowning in a retention pond, a rescue that required <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/police-snipers-protect-rescue-divers-in-alligator-infested-pond-after-florida-car-accident\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">police snipers<\/a> to protect rescue divers from alligators, as The Daily Wire reported.<\/p>\n<p>The driver of the vehicle lost control while trying to get on an exit ramp off the Florida Turnpike. The vehicle then overturned and slid into the pond. Footage of the dramatic rescue showed at least one police officer lying on the bank of the pond in a prone position, looking down the sights of a rifle towards the pond.<\/p>\n<p>Other images from local media showed other officers carrying rifles at different areas around the banks and at least one alligator swimming in the pond with its head above water.<\/p>\n<p>Divers were able to rescue the two people in the vehicle, but one of them died at a local hospital shortly afterward.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Law enforcement on Tuesday released body cam footage of a Florida police officer saving an infant from drowning, despite being unable to swim herself. Jacksonville Sheriff\u2019s Officer Me\u2019Atia Sanderson saved the life of an infant drowning in a retention pond in June. 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