God puts people in the right place at the right time, and last Thursday on Interstate 30 in Fort Worth, Texas, two police officers became living proof of that truth.
Baby Pinned Under Overturned Car
A rollover crash threw a mother and her one-year-old daughter from their vehicle. When Fort Worth Police Sergeant Ryan Nichols and Officer Edwin Bounds arrived, they faced every parent’s worst nightmare.
The baby was pinned under the overturned car. Only her tiny legs stuck out through the sunroof.
“I thought she was dead right there,” Sgt. Nichols said. “There was no movement, no signs of life. She was completely limp.”
But the officers didn’t stop. They couldn’t. Bystanders ran over to help. Together, they lifted the car and pulled the baby out. She wasn’t breathing.
Officers Put Their Trust in God
Sgt. Nichols started CPR. It was his first time doing infant CPR on a real baby. His hands worked while his heart prayed.
“We’re not going to sit there and just do nothing,” Nichols explained. “So we began to work, just praying on the inside that the Lord was going to just work the problem for us.”
The body camera footage shows what happened next.
The Sweetest Cry
Officers surrounded the tiny girl. Their voices urged her to respond.
“Yes, cry… please cry,” they said.
Then it happened. A small sound. A cry.
“Just hearing that first little cry was the sweetest sound I could hear,” Officer Bounds said.
Both officers have children at home. They know what it means to hold a baby. To protect a baby. That night, they held their own kids a little tighter.
“You recognize the cry and you just realize that the Lord’s not done with her,” Sgt. Nichols said. “He’s working on the scene and she’s going to fight through this.”
Heroes All Around
The officers want everyone to know they didn’t do this alone. The people who stopped to help mattered just as much.
“The bystanders were as extremely important as anybody on that scene. They were as much heroes as anybody,” Nichols said.
Chief Eddie Garcia shared the rescue video for a reason. He wants people to remember the good that officers do every day.
“There was no better example for me in protecting and serving than this video,” Garcia said. “At the end of the day, we are dads. We are moms. We are brothers. We are sisters.”
Officer Bounds said it simply: “A lot of bad things in this world right now and I just think that they need to remember that there’s still a lot of good.”
Both the mother and baby are expected to make a full recovery. This little girl has a story to tell someday. A story about the day strangers became heroes. About the day God used ordinary people to save her life.
We serve a God who sees us in our darkest moments. He doesn’t leave us there. Please pray for this family as they heal and thank God for these officers who refused to give up.
WATCH: Two Police Officers Credit God After Saving a Baby Pinned Under an Overturned Car
