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Passengers save baby boy who stopped breathing on US Airways flight

Passengers save baby boy who stopped breathing on US Airways flight

A US Airways flight en route to Phoenix, Arizona, made an emergency landing in Houston, Texas, on Tuesday after a baby on board stopped breathing.

Flight 678 departed from Tampa International Airport and was heading to Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport. As the plane approached Houston, pilots were alerted to a medical emergency on board: a baby stopped breathing and turned purple.

Fortunately, two passengers with medical training were able to quickly respond to the frightening situation.

As the pilots prepared to divert the plane, the heroes performed CPR on the child.

"I did chest compressions, cleared his mouth, gave him some rescue breathing, stimulated him. He came back around," said Garrett Goodwin, one of good Samaritans who helped save the baby boy's life.

Goodwin teaches CPR for a living.

"Absolutely you're scared, but your training kicks in. I was at the right place at the right time with the right experienced training and I hope anybody with any amount of training would have done that," he told FOX 10.

The baby finally started to cry. Passengers cheered.

"When we heard the baby cry, it was just...it was a teary moment for everybody," a female passenger told FOX10.

"It was a miracle on Flight 78. God put those folks on the plane and they needed them there to take care of the baby," said another Flight 678 passenger.

An ambulance met the plane when it landed at Houston's Bush Intercontinental Airport. The Houston First Department said the child was in stable condition, but wouldn't release any further details on the cause of the emergency.

One passenger told CNN that he overheard one of the baby's rescuers say that the child had a very high fever.

Flight 678 arrived in Phoenix about an hour later than scheduled. And while the diverted flight caused many passengers to miss their connecting flights, no one complained.