by TINA MOORE
It was the best Christmas present a son could give his mother - her life.
Retired Firefighter Daniel Manning, 55, breathed the first breaths into his 87-year-old mother's lungs when she went into cardiac arrest in Queens as the family opened gifts Tuesday, fire officials said.
"His quick thinking definitely helped saved his mother," Firefighter Edward Gaynor of Engine 308 in Richmond Hill said. Gaynor and fellow Bravest took over when they arrived at the South Ozone Park home soon after Manning dialed 911 about 12:18 p.m.
"When we came up to the house, the son yelled, 'Come in,'" Firefighter Irwin Arredondo, 29, of Babylon, L.I., said. "He was giving rescue breaths to his mother on the floor."
Arredondo and Firefighter Asmar Jones, a probie, began giving Manning's mother chest compressions.
Rescuer Danny Yezzi connected a breathing mask that was hooked to a oxygen tank, while Gaynor hooked up a defibrillator and delivered the shock. When EMS arrived, they hooked up an EKG and found her pulse.
The whole process took about 90 seconds, the men said.
Manning's mother was taken to Jamaica Hospital, where she was in stable condition last night, fire officials said. He retired from Ladder 43 after 23 years of service.
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