Cop Spots Toddler Running Along Highway, Safely Chases Him Down Before It's Too Late
Children are notorious for getting themselves into trouble. Sometimes they don’t know any better and other times they are just being naughty.
Chaos immediately ensues the moment a toddler escapes from under the watchful eye of his mother.
In May, a toddler had crept away from his mother and darted out the front door of their house in Naperville, Illinois.
Before his mother knew what was happening, the little boy dashed down the street and started running on the busy road.
Luckily for this boy and his mother, a quick-thinking Naperville Police Department officer was driving by.
Sgt. Anthony Mannino’s dash cam captured the heart-wrenching moment of the child running into traffic, and the daring rescue.
As the 1-year-old ran closer to the cars rushing by, the sergeant quickly pulled his car over and chased after the boy.
Sgt. Mannino caught up to the boy and took him out of harm’s way. “You’re ok. You’re ok,” he said to the boy.
A few moments later, the mother arrived and told the sergeant that her son had run two blocks from their home before he was saved by the cop.
“Luckily, no one was hurt, and we attribute that to Sgt. Mannino’s observation while on patrol and quick reaction, placing his squad car and himself between the child and traffic,” Naperville Police Department said in a Facebook post.
Sgt. Mannino earned the police department’s Life Saving Award on June 7 as a thank you for his heroism.
“I did what any of my peers would have done,” Mannino said. “Position that car, get out and quickly corral that kid before something bad would’ve happened.”
Thanks to the quick actions of Mannino, this little boy hopefully learned not to go running off into the street.
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