Police Officers of the Month, September 2006

On March 2, 2006 at 3:59 A.M. Police Officers James Skidmore and Stephen Krolikiewicz responded to a residence on Franklin Avenue in Mastic to assist a 10 month old female child who had difficulty breathing due to an asthmatic condition.

Afer responding to the frantic mother's 91 call P.O. Skidmore looked at his partner and they instinctively knew they had precious minutes to get the child to the hospital. Upon the officers arrival they found the child blue an not breathing. They transported the child themselves from the family's home to Brookhaven Memorial Hospital.

P.O. Krolikiewicz drove the radio car while P.O. Skidmore administered CPR to the infant. While officer Krolikiewicz was driving as fast as possible, lights an sirens blaring, O.O. Skidmore cradled the baby on her chest and blowing air into her mouth. The baby's mothers sat in the back seat calling her daughter's name pleading for her to breathe.

Suddenly, as they neared the hospital in East Patchogue, Amee let out a yelp and kicked her legs as she apparently began to regain her breath. It took seven minutes from Amee's home to bring her to the hospital where she was stabilized.

Amee was transferred to Stony Brook University Hospital where she was in guarded condition. P.O. Skidmore said he felt relieved and thought about his own children when he later saw Amee looking around and tugging at the tubes in her mouth.