This Is How A Smartphone App Just Saved A Baby's Life

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An infant's life is saved after "turning blue" at a dance shop in Spokane, WA

An unbelievable story out of Spokane, Washington is showing us just how amazing new technology can be when used for good.

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As local TV station KXLY reports, it began at a store called Empire Dance Shop. A clerk was alerted about a baby "turning blue." She is actually a former lifeguard so she lept into action and started doing rescue breathing on the baby after calling 911.

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Lesley Reckord is a store clerk at Empire Dance Shop

That's when the magic happened.

A mechanic named Jeff Olson was working at a tire store 2 blocks away when all the sudden, his phone sent him probably the most important push notification of his life.

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Jeff Olson is a master technician at Perfection Tire

Olson is a volunteer EMT and has a smartphone app on his phone called "Pulse Point."

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PulsePoint is an app that alerts potential first responders in areas of emergency based on GPS tracking

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The app knew he was right around the corner and sent him a notification that an emergency was going on at the dance shop.

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Olson saved the baby's life thanks to the app's alert

Olson ran over, was told a baby was going blue, and saved the baby's life.

Here's KXLY's original video story as posted on YouTube by the station:

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