Driver Saving Squirrel's Life With CPR Caught On Police Body Cam [Video]

A young car driver reportedly saved a squirrel by successfully giving CPR to the animal that was presumably hit by the vehicle in Minneapolis–Saint Paul Metro Area, Minnesota, reports said Saturday.

In a body camera video released by the Brooklyn Park police on Facebook with the caption “A story about a squirrel,” 19-year-old Chris Felix from Minnesota can be seen providing CPR to the rodent as the two officers guided the teenager and enquired about it.

"I was just helping out the squirrel, you know," Felix said. "I think it hit my back wheel."

He noticed the squirrel was not moving and decided to use his CPR skills.

“I was like, ‘well you know, you never get to see this,’” Felix said. “I was there trying to help it out, you know. Something little means a lot in the long run. ... So, I just put a glove on,” he said. “I'm like, ‘you know what, give it my best shot.’”

Since he was a car detailer, Felix had gloves with him when the situation unfolded.

He started giving the tiny animal small chest compressions, which is when two officers out on patrol noticed the situation. They had noticed a man bent down near the curb on the 6500 block of Hampshire Avenue and stopped to see what was happening.

"Is he giving him CPR? I think it is. Look at him," an officer can be heard saying in the footage caught on body camera. They enquired about the animal and asked Felix to flip the squirrel over. On further observation, they noticed the animal was not run over by the vehicle and was probably tumbled from the pressure of the car.

“How often do you come across a story where you see a police officer come upon somebody doing CPR on a squirrel?” Deputy Chief Mark Bruley of the Brooklyn Park Police Department said, according to a report on WBTV, a CBS-affiliated television station.

Felix remained by the squirrel’s side for 20 minutes and repeated the procedure until the animal finally started showing signs of life.

"He's coming around now," an officer can be heard in the video.

At the end of the video, the squirrel, which was revived, can be seen sprinting off into a garden in the compound next to the road, while Felix breaks into a huge smile over his success.

“We’ll put you in for a life-saving award,” one of the officers said.

The officers congratulated the man and gave him a high five for his efforts, before wishing him a good day and leaving.

"Just the humanity of it. It wasn't just a police officer and a citizen there. Those were just three people enjoying the moment," Bruley said, according to a report on ABC 13.

The video amassed over 590 thousand views and 2.7 thousand likes by Monday morning.