A pair of Port Authority cops jumped onto a baggage conveyor belt at Newark Airport to rescue a 2-year-old youngster who took an impromptu trip into the bowels of the terminal, officers mentioned Saturday.
The tot was with their mom attempting to re-book a flight on the JetBlue ticket counter at Newark’s Terminal A at about 6:30 p.m. on Wednesday when the kid walked behind the kiosk and stepped onto the ankle-high conveyor belt the place individuals on departing flights drop off their baggage.
The conveyor belt instantly whisked the kid behind the wall and down a switchback labyrinth of belts transferring baggage all through the terminal.
A JetBlue worker flagged down Port Authority Police Officers Angel Paulino and Joe DeSilvio, who, as an alternative of discovering a door that would take them into the again of the constructing, determined to leap on the conveyor belt and observe the kid.
Individuals undergo ticketing and safety to board planes at Terminal A in Newark Liberty Worldwide Airport in Elizabeth, N.J. in 2023. (AP Picture/Ted Shaffrey)
Navigating the constructing’s system of conveyor belts, the officers “located the uninjured child in the checked baggage room on the lower level,” a Port Authority spokeswoman mentioned.
It took about 4 minutes for the officers to seek out the kid, a Port Authority supply with data of the case mentioned. The kid was about to be rolled by way of the baggage X-ray machine once they grabbed the tot.
EMS was requested to the terminal as a precaution, however the youngster and their mom weren’t harmed, officers mentioned.
