Good Morning America: Trooper hailed as a hero after saving baby who stopped breathing
By Yi-in Yu
A Kansas trooper who helped save a baby girl who had stopped breathing last month says he was simply at the right place at the right time.
Baby Brexley was traveling with her parents, mom Gracie Gray and dad Kahl Huffman, along U.S. Highway 54 in Kiowa County on May 12 when her parents said she suddenly stopped breathing, lost consciousness and started turning a purplish color.
Huffman dialed 911, and within minutes, Master Trooper Evan Jacks of the Kansas Highway Patrol responded to the call.
"When Evan showed up, he didn't hesitate one bit. He was right on it," said Huffman, who said he went to high school with Jacks.
Afterward, Brexley was taken to two hospitals before being transferred to Children's Mercy Hospital in Kansas City, Missouri, on May 13. She has since been diagnosed with a rare congenital heart condition called Shone's complex or Shone's syndrome. According to the National Library of Medicine, Shone's complex is a condition where there are four obstructive lesions of the left heart, which can cause a heart murmur, shortness of breath, an enlarged left ventricle and dilatation of the left atrium.
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