Life Saving Incident
March 1, 2021
New York
Suffolk County
Riverhead
Riverhead Police Sergeant Jill Kubetz saved the life of a choking infant this morning. On March 1, 2021 Sergeant Jill Kubetz responded to a 9-1-1 of an infant choking at a nursery school. Sergeant Kubetz rushed to the scene, arriving within one minute of the call, and found the infant to have a fully obstructed airway. Sergeant Kubetz used back thrusts to dislodge the object from the child’s lower airway. She noted what appeared to be a large LEGO block lodged in and blocking the child’s airway. Sergeant Kubetz’s efforts dislodged the object enough that limited airflow was restored, Riverhead Police later said. When Riverhead Volunteer Ambulance Corps responded, Sergeant Kubetz held the child while RVAC paramedic Christine Klassert was able to remove a two-inch LEGO from the child’s throat. RVAC transported the child, who police said was just under a year old, to Stony Brook University Hospital for evaluation. The father later visited the Riverhead Police Department with his child to express his gratitude to the officers and ambulance responders for their actions.
The history of law enforcement in the United States is a long and wonderful history of bravery. This website is dedicated to documenting the heroic deeds of law enforcement officers throughout the United States who have either given or risked their lives to save others. There are many stories of bravery and heroism for many who are considered first responders. However, it is those in law enforcement who are most likely to be the first to arrive upon a location requiring life saving acts engaging dangerous hostage takers, running into burning buildings/vehicles, providing first aid to seriously injured victims, saving near drowning victims and much more are what the women and men of law enforcement do routinely and at many times, great peril to their own safety.
It is our mission to document the history of lives saved by those dedicated women and men in law enforcement. To share with others the dramatic deeds of those individuals who are the first, first responders. It is so important for our citizens to understand that law "enforcement" is not always about enforcing the law but rather being there when our citizens need us.
It is to this end we are dedicated to promoting documentation regarding the history of law enforcement and the lives they have saved.
