On a busy highway, a one-year-old ran down the street, heading straight into traffic, before wandering aimlessly in the slow lane. sergeant.
He immediately called Manino to report what he was witnessing, then used his patrol car to block the far right lane before rushing through traffic to grab the little boy.
The patrol car’s on-board camera was recording the entire duration of the accident, so you could clearly see that the little boy was scared and not paying attention to his surroundings.
In the video, posted to the Naperville Police Department’s Facebook account, the officer is seen running in front of his patrol car as a truck rolls by. Then he ran down the street, got the child’s attention, and lifted the one-year-old to the sidewalk to safety.
Somehow, this one-year-old managed to get away from his mother without her noticing, then wandered down the busy highway.
It’s not yet known how the baby managed to do this, or what distracted the mother long enough for this to be possible. Everyone is just grateful that the little boy is safe and that Sgt.
Manino was there just in time to prevent something more serious from happening to the little boy.
sergeant. Mannino was honored for his work and received an award from his department in a small ceremony, KTVU reports. He received a lifesaving award in June for the action he took that day and the situation was shared on the department’s social media account, along with a tribute to Manino for his role in the situation. .
