Baby's Life Saved By Heroic Actions Of Bucks Co. Taco Bell Manager

RICHBORO, PA — A Bucks County Taco Bell manager is being called a hero after saving the life of an 11-week-old baby who had stopped breathing.

It was lunchtime at the busy fast food restaurant on Second Street Pike in Richboro when Becky Arbaugh heard the desperate screams of a mother in need and rushed to her aid.

“We were doing lunch on Saturday when a car pulled up at the drive-thru and I heard a lady scream. And someone yelled, ‘Call 9-1-1. Baby’s not breathing.’ I threw my headset and ran outside. And the mom was just panicked.”

The mom was Natasha Long, who had stopped at Taco Bell to pick up some lunch. When she checked on her infant son, Myles, in the backseat she found him struggling to breath and began screaming for help.

“I could see that he was completely blue and lifeless,” said Arbaugh. “I asked her to give me the baby and I started to do CPR. Once I was doing it a little bit he started to breathe again and you could see the color return to his face. And then he started to cry.”

Arbaugh and a very relieved mother then waited for the ambulance to arrive. As of Thursday, the baby remains in the hospital but is doing well, said Arbaugh.

Long considers Arbaugh her guardian angel and a calming influence in the face of crisis. She has expressed gratitude for her quick actions that day and for saving her son's life.

Arbaugh, of Levittown, said it was motherly instinct and the thought of her own children - she has four - that spurred her to action.

Becky Arbaugh, right, comes to the aid of 11-week-old Myles at the drive-thru. (Taco Bell)

Arbaugh said that when her one daughter was little she suffered from occasional seizures and would stop breathing. “So I learned CPR back then - that was 23 years ago,” she said.

“When I heard the mom screaming I just knew the feeling that she was having - that panic - because I was there. I had gone through that. I just wanted to calm her down and get the baby breathing again.”

While many are calling her actions heroic, including the baby’s mother and the Taco Bell Corp., Arbaugh said she doesn’t consider herself a hero, rather one mom helping another.

“This is about one mom who heard the screams of another mom because I knew what it felt like. I was just trying to help her,” she said.

The event has thrust the two women into the media spotlight. Since the incident, they have shared their story with local and national media outlets including Good Morning America.

“It’s overwhelming. It’s been like a whirlwind,” said Arbaugh, who had just finished an interview with The Washington Post from her small office inside the Richboro Taco Bell.

The whole incident lasted just a few moments, but it has forever cemented a bond between mother and Taco Bell manager. Both are now on each other’s speed dial list and are Facebook Friends.