'My baby Hugh was blue and lifeless' when saved by hero passer-by, says thankful mum

Asumpta Sweeney says her little boy would not be alive today without the heroic actions of a passing student, who performed CPR on baby Hugh after he turned "totally lifeless".

'My baby Hugh was blue and lifeless' when saved by hero passer-by, says thankful mum

Asumpta Sweeney says her little boy would not be alive today without the heroic actions of a passing student, who performed CPR on baby Hugh after he turned "totally lifeless".

In March 2017, Assumpta was driving her daughter to montessori when she heard a strange cry from her seven-week-old baby Hugh. She stopped her car at the side of Crumlin Road, Dublin, and to her horror realised he wasn’t breathing.

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