TSA agent saves baby choking on conveyer belt at Newark Airport

A newly-hired TSA officer leapt over a conveyer belt at Newark Liberty International Airport to save a baby boy from choking to death, the agency says.

Cecilia Morales heard the two month old’s mother screaming for help after she picked him up from a carrier seat to pass through a security checkpoint and realised he wasn’t breathing.

As the young mother sought help from other travellers, Ms Morales began shouting instructions at her from behind the conveyer belt, the TSA said in a statement.

Ms Morales, a trained EMT with 10 years experience, then performed the infant Heimlich manoeuvre on the baby.