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Deputy restores breathing to baby 11-month old revived by rescue effort By COURTNEY MARTIN, LTN Staff Writer Oct. 26 - A Lincoln County Sheriff’s Deputy saved an 11-month-old baby Monday. Deputy Craig J. Fine was riding with Deputy Keith Poovey when a call for EMS came over the radio. The two officers were in the area and realized they were closer to the scene than EMS and preceded to the home. They found the mother holding her baby boy, Brooklyn, and calling for help. “He has been taking medicine,“ the mother told them. Reactions from the medicine are believed to have caused the child to stop breathing. After telling the mother to put the child on the sofa, Fine examined him and saw the infant was not breathing. Fine opened the airway by tilting back the child’s head and lifting his chin. Fine was then able to perform rescue breathing. Meanwhile, Poovey got the medicine from the mother to give to EMS and tried to keep the mother as calm as possible. The child began breathing on his own by the time EMS arrived, which was about five to eight minutes after the officers. The child regained consciousness before the officers left. Poovey has worked for the Sheriff’s Department in almost every capacity for 23 years. He currently works in the Animal Control division. Fine just started working in Lincoln County September 10 after having worked in Mecklenburg County. “I’m not a hero,” said Fine, who felt like he was just doing his job.
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