A Gatineau, Que., family is praising two police officers with the MRC des Collines-de-l'Outaouais for saving their toddler after he nearly died this past summer. On Aug. 11, Cynthia Roussel, Maxime Barrette​ and their son Arnaud were on a family picnic in Gatineau Park when the two-year-old suffered three cardiac arrests. "Officers started resuscitation manoeuvres, because the defibrillator was saying that he had to be shocked right away and that's when I collapsed," Roussel told Radio-Canada in a French interview. Arnaud's parents, Maxime Barrette and Cynthia Roussel, say they're thankful for every moment they get to spend with their son. Happy, energetic boyShortly before the holidays, the police officers who helped save Arnaud's life came to meet the little boy.

Source: CBC News December 31, 2018 17:48 UTC