ICYMI: Brookline First Responders Wish Happy Birthday to Infant They Saved

May 25

BROOKLINE, MA - Last week, the heroics of Brookline first responders were celebrated after a local mother's heartfelt thank you note went viral.

Police officers, firefighters and EMTs worked together to dislodge a piece of fruit from her infant son's airway, saving the baby's life.

In response, the woman penned a note to emergency responders that was later shared on the Brookline Fire Department Facebook page.

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"We are so grateful to live in Brookline and be protected by your firefighters and the other emergency personnel," she wrote. "We will forever be grateful to this officer (and would love to know his name) for saving our sweet baby and to the rest of the emergency responders for being so fast to arrive and then wonderful with our older boys who were scared and confused."

But the story between the family and its heroes didn't end there; days later, Brookline police officers were awarded with a plate of cookies, and the first responders who took the call surprised their new friend on his first birthday.

In a post on the Brookline Fire Department's Facebook page, the department shared photos of officers and firefighters posing with the infant, who was just days shy of his birthday when they saved his life.

Photos via Brookline Police Department's Facebook page