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Berkeley County Deputy Awarded Medal Of Valor For Saving Infant Who Stopped Breathing

by Nikki Gaskins Campbell
Corporal Will Kimbro with the Berkeley County Sheriff's Office receives the Medal of Valor for saving a 12-day-old infant's life.
Pictured on the left: Corporal Will Kimbro with the Berkeley County Sheriff’s Office

BERKELEY COUNTY, S.C. – The South Carolina Sheriffs’ Association recognized 18 deputies across the state with the Medal of Valor for going above the call of duty. Corporal William Kimbro with the Berkeley County Sheriff’s Office was among the officers recognized Thursday in Columbia.

Kimbro and the other deputies were honored for exhibiting exceptional courage, extraordinary decisiveness and acting with unusual swiftness, regardless of their personal safety, in an attempt to save or protect human life.

On June 11, Cpl. Kimbro was conducting a routine patrol in the unincorporated Summerville area of Berkeley County when he stopped a vehicle for speeding. What happens next was all captured on his department-issued body camera:

Deputy W. Kimbro Saves 12-day-old Baby

When we wear the uniform and badge, we become what someone needs at that moment. For one Deputy that meant he needed to become the line between life and death for one young child.On June 11, a Deputy was conducting routine patrol in the unincorporated Summerville area of Berkeley County when he stopped a vehicle for speeding. What happens next was all captured on his department-issued body camera.Upon stopping the vehicle, the driver immediately exited the car and exclaimed that the baby in her vehicle had stopped breathing. Deputy W. Kimbro knew he needed to act immediately to save the baby’s life. Deputy Kimbro made contact with the 12-day-old baby and her mother in the vehicle. The mother told the Deputy the baby stopped breathing after drinking a bottle. Deputy Kimbro took the baby’s limp and cyanotic body and performed lifesaving first aid. As a result, he was able to get the baby to breathe again until EMS could arrive. Because of Deputy Kimbro’s steadfast, professional and heroic response, the 12-day old baby was able to live. Please join us in congratulating Deputy Kimbro for his gallant actions that prolonged human life. He was awarded the “Life-Saving Medal” from Sheriff Lewis for his heroic actions that day. Well done!

Posted by Berkeley County Sheriff's Office on Thursday, July 11, 2019

After stopping the vehicle, the driver immediately exited the car and exclaimed that the baby in her vehicle had stopped breathing. Deputy W. Kimbro knew he needed to act immediately to save the baby’s life.

Deputy Kimbro made contact with the 12-day-old baby and her mother in the vehicle. The mother told the deputy the baby stopped breathing after drinking from a bottle. Deputy Kimbro took the baby’s limp body and performed lifesaving first aid. As a result, he was able to get the baby to breathe again until EMS arrived.

Because of Deputy Kimbro’s steadfast, professional and heroic response, the 12-day old baby was able to live. He was awarded the “Life-Saving Medal” from Sheriff Lewis for his heroic actions that day.

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