and lucila stopped. >> reporter: lucila godoy rushed to help and comfort rauseo, and to dial 911. >> yeah, i was like please, don't die on me, because i don't know what i'm going to do. >> reporter: meanwhile, diaz found this police officer in his car. >> when the child started breathing, the officer took him from me. and that's when i broke down crying out of relief. >> reporter: two officers from miami-dade fire rescue who arrived credit rauseo for saving her nephew. >> thank god she knew what she was doing. >> reporter: with the situation finally under control, diaz began to take photographs. sebastian, seen in these home videos was born last september, two months premature. suffering from congestion, he and his aunt were returning from a doctor's visit when the emergency occurred. in photos today, sebastian appears much better. doctors say he is in critical but stable condition thanks to lots of strangers who came to help him. mark potter, nbc news, miami. >> incredible story. >>> when we come back, remembering a friend and colleague and one of the best in the business. >>> presi

and you and lucila, pamela and lucila now have a bond. do you think you'll see each other again? point get to see him against once he is home. >> i would love to. >> i am sure we will be in touch. >> pamela, thank you for doing what you could for your nephew. lucila, thank you for stepping up and doing something that could have made all of the difference. now he is okay. this is a great story, a great ending, most importantly. thank you for being with us. give him a big hug and kiss for us. >> will do. thank you. >> thank you. >> it breaks your heart and melts your heart at the same time. thank god for strangers with big hearts. >> and also remember, new parents out there, you have to take the course about cpr, even if you think you know how to do it, with an infant that age, you don't do it on their back, you have to do it with compression on their back, there's a whole different way to deal with an infant. so important to learn. you never know. it looked like they were doing it the traditional way, but it worked. they were breathing in the mouth. now they teach you not to breat

and lucila stopped. >> reporter: lucila godoy rushed to help and comfort rauseo and dial 911.ur own child, your own child you need to save. >> when he started breathing, the officer took him from me, and that's when i broke down crying, out of relief. >> reporter: with the situation under control, diaz finally took pictures for the newspaper. in photos released from the hospital, sebastian appears much better now, thanks to all the strangers who joined to help him. doctors say they don't yet know why sebastian quit breathing, but they believe his condition will improve. meantime, his aunt is thanking everyone who stopped in that traffic jam to help her, and she and the doctors are urging everyone to learn cpr to save a life this time. >> such a great reminder. mark, thank you. >>> want to head outside to dylan for a final check of the weather on this saturday morning. not bad out there! >> it's not bad, already in the 40s. enjoying pretty nice weather out here. your birthday today. >> yes. >> how old are you turning? >> i'm 16. >> sweet 16. did you bring the nice weather here?

lucila godoy was the first to offer help. >> i did what i thought i would do if my baby was in that situationreporter: "miami herald" photographer al diaz found a police officer. >> he was pale, blue in color, and he was not responding. >> reporter: he and rosseo working to the perform c.p.r. two paramedics, also stuck in traffic of course arrived next. they found sebastian breathing, but barely. moments later an ambulance was there and rushed the infant to the hospital. on a february day, more than half a dozen people stopped to help a stranger in need. >> it kind of refuse your faith in your fellow man. >> i just did what you would have done, i'm sure. >> pelley: and because she did, because they all did, little sebastian de la cruz is alive tonight, critical but stable. in sochi, russia, women's figure skating was the talk of the olympics. a lot of people believed south korea's yuna kim should have won but instead the judges gave it to adelina sotnikova. for the second straight night, canada beat the u.s. in hockey, this time it was the men. final score, 1-0. the americans can still claim

. >> al tiempo que la tÍa le daba respiraciÓn boca a boca una buena samaritana lucila godoy se detuvojaba su propio hijo y usar sus conocimiento en primeros auxilios. >> otros policÍas pararon y fui a coger la cÁmara y empecÉ a tomar fotos. >> al dÍa el fotÓgrafo del periÓdico miami heraldo que captÓ estas imÁgenes se encontraba en la autopista cuando ocurriÓ la emergencia, se bajÓ corrio entre los autos llamÓ al nÚmero de socorro pero no olvidÓ su oficio. >> el bebÉ estaba respirando otra vez cuando fui a coger la cÁmara parÓ de respirar y entonces ese momento que la tÍa empezÓ a dar c p r. >> fue uno de los sosocorristas que estuvo en la escena, dice que encontrÓ al bebÉ respirando y llorando. >> fue darles soplidos, para que respire un poquito. >> ninguno de los que participaron en este increÍble incidente se considera hÉroe pero sin duda la acciÓn de cada uno de ellos logrÓ salvar la vida del pequeÑo sebastiÁn que afortunadamente se encuentra en condiciones estable, desde miami, "primer impacto." >> calcinado quedÓ un auto que se estrellÓ contra un poste del tendido elÉctrico y es

lucila, she went and rendered aid. if the baby had eaten, if he was choking. and so, when at that point, i got more help, which is where i came across the sweetwater police officer which came to the aid. and then there were other police officers that were stopped in traffic, and they came along and helped as well. and then at that point, once there was that bit. things start the to calm down. at that point, i wanted to leave. but i said, no, i better do my job. i went and got the camera. that's when the baby started breathing and i started that. >> as reporters, we're often asked when we're covering storms, tragedies, when do you make the decision to help the person in need or to report? pick up the camera, pick up the microphone? how did you make that decision and when did you make it? >> well, there was no question that i needed to help her. that was the decision made in my mind years ago. i come on a trauma situation that i'm usually not involved in it. but i witness a lot of stuff as a photojournalist for the miami