Rookie Cop Saves Tot Choking on Halloween Candy

South Bay toddler alive thanks to a quick-thinking cop

Officer Matthew Bordoni has been on the San Jose police force for less than a year but he is already being called a hero.

Bordoni and two other officers were checking street vendor licenses in East San Jose around 10 a.m. Sunday when Bordoni spotted a toddler having trouble breathing.

He patted the boy on the back, but the 2-year-old started turning blue.

That's when Bordoni performed a successful Heimlich maneuver that sent a piece of Halloween candy flying out of the boy's mouth.

The boy, who was not injured, was released to his parents.

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