His shift at a McDonald’s on 113th Avenue in Doral, Fla. started out like any other. But what was different about that day was that Pedro Viloria left his shift a hero.
Viloria would end that day being shocked by the fact that he helped to save the life of a police officer.
“I saved an officer’s life? I can’t believe this,” he said, according to TODAY.
Viloria was working at the restaurant’s drive-thru when he served breakfast to a woman, an off-duty police officer, in an SUV. The woman’s son and daughter were in the back seat. That’s when he noticed that something out of the ordinary was going on.
“Her kids were screaming, ‘Mother, mother, stop it, mother what are you doing?’” he told CBS Miami.
The woman lost consciousness and took her foot off the brake causing the car to start to roll on its own. So, Viloria jumped out of the service window and ran after the SUV.
Thankfully, it hit a curb and stopped.
“I thought, ‘If those kids lose their mother today, that’s going to be tragic,’” he said.
He told her children to call 911 right away.
“If I would have had to die to save that woman, I would have done it,” Viloria said. “My brain was on hero mode.”
Fortunately, a firefighter and his partner, as well as an off-duty paramedic just happened to be at the McDonald’s already. Another McDonald’s employee also assisted with CPR.
They began assisting the woman until emergency responders arrived shortly thereafter.
“I was with the kids telling them it was going to be all right,” Viloria said.
The entire McDonald’s staff were super proud of Viloria for stepping in to help this woman who he later found out was a police officer.
“First and foremost, our thoughts and prayers are with the officer and her family during this difficult time. I think I speak for our McDonald’s family when I say how proud we are of Pedro. He is an excellent employee, so it didn’t surprise me that he took immediate action and jumped through a window to help save this woman,” McDonald’ssaidinastatement. “And he was not the only member of the team that played a pivotal role in ensuring she received the medical attention she needed. A second employee, who asked to remain unnamed, assisted with CPR. Their quick thinking and action were everything in that moment.”
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