Miami-Dade PD (Miami-Dade Police Department)
"It was actually hard to see the car, because the car was stuck under the bridge," Sgt. Edward Webster said.
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In the suspenseful body camera footage, officers are seen rushing into the murky water.
"Somebody had to make the choice to get in, and I just acted," Officer Emmanuel Walton III said.
"Somebody had to make the choice to get in, and I just acted"
Miami-Dade PD (Miami-Dade Police Department)
For a few tense seconds, Officer Walton unsuccessfully attempts to rescue the 3-year-old from the submerging car seat.
"I couldn’t see through the water, so I had to come back up a couple of times," Walton said. He said he had to use touch to eventually feel his way to the car seat. "I pulled it as hard as I could, because I couldn’t figure out where the seatbelt was … luckily it broke off," he said.
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The young boy was eventually pulled out of the car seat and passed to emergency crew members who immediately began CPR to resuscitate the toddler.
Miami-Dade Police (Miami-Dade Police Department)
Once the child started breathing again, he was rushed to Baptist Health Homestead Hospital in Homestead, Florida.
"When the baby started crying I started crying too, because it was the best cry I’ve ever heard in my life," Officer Walton said.
"When the baby started crying I started crying too, because it was the best cry I’ve ever heard in my life"