New York state Sen. Shelley B. Mayer and County Executive George Latimer recognized Anthony McPhail, a Bee-Line bus driver, for his heroic efforts to save a baby who was a passenger on his route. McPhail was on his break during his regular route when he heard a woman shouting, “My baby can”™t breathe, my baby can”™t breathe.” He immediately ran to help and performed CPR, dislodging phlegm from the infant”™s throat. Then the infant went into a seizure. Knowing what to do from his training as a bodyguard, McPhail massaged the infant”™s body since the limbs tighten up during a seizure. A few minutes later, the infant stopped seizing just as an emergency medical technician arrived.
McPhail”™s heroism occurred right before the Covid-19 pandemic broke out. The original recognition for his acts had to be postponed until Nov. 20.
