WRENTHAM, Mass. -- An acting fire chief saved the day, but not by fighting a fire. Instead, he used his skills to save a toddler's life.
Molly McDermott, 2, was sleeping in her room when the child's mother said that she heard a weird sound coming from the baby monitor.
"I heard a gurgling sound," said Rebecca McDermott, the child's mother. "So I ran up the stairs because I knew that wasn't right."
Rebecca found her daughter unconscious in her crib and called 911.
Fire Chief Jay McMorrow happened to be driving by an East Street home Tuesday when firefighters received the emergency call for a child not breathing.
McMorrow arrived at the home and gave the child cardiopulmonary resuscitation until the toddler started breathing again.
"She sat right up and she was crying again and her color came back to her face," said Rebecca.
The child was taken in an ambulance to the hospital and is doing OK.
Rebecca said she is grateful for the team that got her child to breath again.
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