Officer invited to wedding of woman he saved 20 years ago
In this 2013 photo downloaded from the Yonkers Police Department Facebook Page, Shammarah Hamideh poses with Yonkers, N.Y. Police Captain Joseph Barca at her engagement party. As a sergeant on Dec. 28, 1993, Barca saved the two-month-old Hamideh’s life by clearing her airway and resuscitating her, when he answered a call for a baby not breathing. The Journal News reports that Barca kept in touch with Hamideh as she was growing up and will attend her Aug. 17, 2014 wedding outside Chicago. (AP Photo/Yonkers New York Police Department)
In this 2013 photo downloaded from the Yonkers Police Department Facebook Page, Shammarah Hamideh poses with Yonkers, N.Y. Police Captain Joseph Barca at her engagement party. As a sergeant on Dec. 28, 1993, Barca saved the two-month-old Hamidehs life by clearing her airway and resuscitating her, when he answered a call for a baby not breathing. The Journal News reports that Barca kept in touch with Hamideh as she was growing up and will attend her Aug. 17, 2014 wedding outside Chicago. (AP Photo/Yonkers New York Police Department)
YONKERS, N.Y. — A Yonkers police captain will be a guest at the wedding of a baby whose life he saved more than 20 years ago.
The Journal News reports that Capt. Joseph Barca will attend the Aug. 17 wedding of Shammarah Hamideh outside Chicago.
It was Dec. 28, 1993 when Barca responded to a call about a baby not breathing.
Barca took the 2-month-old from her distraught father and performed resuscitation. He hit her back until the obstruction flew out. By the time the baby got to the hospital she was breathing on her own.
Hamideh is a nursing school graduate now. She plans to marry truck driver Mohammed Salah.
She says Barca sends her a birthday card every year and treats her like his own daughter.
