By Luis de Jesus
30 Oct 2023, 10:46 PM EDT
A policewoman from Mexico City went viral on social media for a video in which she appears breastfeeding an injured baby in Acapulco who had not eaten for 24 hours, after the impact of Cyclone Otis, which entered as a hurricane last Wednesday. category 5.
“In Acapulco, a colleague from the Task Force-Zorros group supports a baby who had not eaten in 24 hours with breast milk. My admiration and commitment, kindness and vocation to serve the police of Mexico City,” said official Pablo Vázquez Camacho, secretary of Citizen Security of Mexico City, on platform
The official shared two images of the officer, who received praise and recognition on social networks, although the precise reason why the mother had not been able to care for him in the midst of the emergency caused by Otis has not been known.
“You have to give him a promotion and improve his salary Post it”; “In truth, policewomen have a great commitment. The recognition of the secretary is well deserved”; “What a wonderful and human gesture, which goes beyond the call of duty. All my respect and admiration,” some people commented on the social network.
It was learned that the name of the police officer is Arizbeth Dionicio Ambrosio and, interviewed by Imagen Noticias, she narrated what had happened. “On a normal work day, we were assigned to go to Guerrero and support the damage caused by the hurricane,” she said.
“We were carrying out our search and rescue work, suddenly I heard a baby crying. I continued with the people to continue asking if they needed any kind of help and again I heard the child crying, which caught my attention. “I went to the people who had the baby, I asked if everything was okay and they told me that the baby was possibly a little hungry and I offered, if they would allow me, to give him breast milk, since I am breastfeeding,” she said.
Ambrosio highlighted that the baby’s crying caught his attention and that, after feeding him, he continued with his rescue work in Acapulco.
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