911 calls involving children are considered to be one of the worst parts of the job for first responders, especially when it involves a drowning.
But on Tuesday, Phoenix police and firefighters were able to reunite and officially meet a toddler they helped save back in April after he was pulled from a pool pulseless.
“It’s absolutely insane,” Anthony Adelman told KTAR News 92.3 FM.
Adelman is a paramedic with the Phoenix Fire Department. He was able to get 22-month-old Justin Alvarez’s heartbeat back moments before arriving at the hospital.
“Going from trying to create that unemotional attachment at first, like we have a job to do and let’s get it done – now seeing him, it hits you way different after the fact, it’s amazing to see him running and playing,” Adelman said.