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A Capitol Police corporal revived an 11-week-old baby in Hartford

When parents rushing their son Leo to the hospital found he had stopped breathing, they ran to Cpl. Reginald Early, who gave back blows and CPR until firefighters arrived. Leo was breathing again and is doing much better.

Verified · Source: FOX61Nov 11, 2026 · 1 min read
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Parents rushing their 11-week-old son, Leo, toward the hospital in Hartford realized he had stopped breathing and ran to Capitol Police Cpl. Reginald Early, FOX61 reported. Early gave back blows and CPR until firefighters arrived. Leo was breathing again. He is doing much better. The help on the street was those back blows and CPR, and then the firefighters. "Doing much better" is how his condition was described after that. It is not a fuller medical chart.

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