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Family Reunites With Border Patrol Agent Who Saved 2-Year Old

U.S. Customs and Border Protection Office of Public Affairs - Visual Communications Division

Jan. 29, 2018 | 0:51

TUCSON, Ariz. – A Tucson Sector Border Patrol agent from the Brian A. Terry Station reunited today with the 2-year-old boy to whom he rendered life-saving first aid.

Border Patrol Agent Jed Eckler was on his way home from work on January 17, 2018, when he encountered a family pulled alongside the roadway with a 2-year-old in medical distress. Agent Eckler administered Cardio Pulmonary Resuscitation on the unresponsive boy until he regained consciousness and began breathing. The boy was transported to an area hospital and his since then been released.

Today, the family of the toddler, residents of Naco, Sonora, visited the Brian A. Terry Station to reunite with Agent Eckler and express their gratitude for his heroic actions. They were accompanied by Naco, Sonora Mayor Lorenzo Villegas-Vasquez. It was his first opportunity that the agent and the family had to speak since the incident. Agent Eckler, who is assigned as a canine handler, presented the 2-year-old with a Border Patrol K-9 plush toy.