Missouri teen credited for saving infant with CPR

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Tuesday, November 18, 2014
Abby Snodgrass
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A quick-thinking teen is being credited Monday for helping to save the life of an 11-month-old baby at a Missouri Walmart store.

A surveillance video shows a mother trying to help her infant daughter who stopped breathing. As store employees call 911, 17-year old Abby Snodgrass appears after hearing the commotion.

Snodgrass revives the baby using CPR she had recently learned in health class.

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A 17-year-old girl saved an infant that stopped breathing in a Walmart with CPR.

"The one thought that crossed my mind was what if this doesn't work, and I just had to push it out of my mind and keep going because I knew that's what I had to do," Snodgrass said.

The family released a statement to ABC News: "We are exceedingly grateful to the young woman who helped our daughter. Our daughter is home and healthy and we couldn't be more thankful."