It took about two minutes, but for one 2-year-old girl at a Michigan beach, that was enough time to change everything.
The incident happened on Sunday afternoon at Versluis Park in Plainfield Township, Michigan. Around 4:30 p.m., Mariza Mojica saw a panicked mother rush from the water carrying her young daughter, who was unconscious and not breathing.
“Honestly, I just thought about my own kids,” Mojica told News 8. “I would want somebody to do it for me.”
Mojica said the scene first left her frozen.
“At first I just froze,” she recalled. “The mom was crying so I went over and took the baby out of her hands and started mouth to mouth.”
Mojica is certified in CPR for infants, children and adults through her job, and she relied on that training. When rescue breaths did not work, she switched to chest compressions.
“That wasn’t working,” she said. “So, I started compressions.”
The girl then began breathing again.
“It wasn’t working, so I did both and she started breathing again,” Mojica said. “Then, she passed out, and I did it again.”
Mojica estimates she cared for the little girl by herself for about two minutes before help arrived.
“It felt like forever,” she said.
According to a spokesperson for Plainfield Charter Township, the little girl has since been released from the hospital.
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