Taco Bell employee in Richboro credited for saving life of baby in drive-thru. What we know.

After a quick pharmacy trip, Natasha Long had a taste for tacos before heading home with her 11-week-old son.

Her fast food craving may have saved the newborn’s life.

While waiting in the drive-thru line at the Taco Bell in Richboro Saturday, the Northampton resident heard baby Myles make a gasping sound. She put the car in park and got out to check on him.

When she pulled him out of his carseat he was wet, limp and unresponsive.

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Inside the restaurant, Manager Becky Arbaugh was working in the food line when she heard a scream, followed by her drive-thru worker telling her to call 911.

A baby wasn’t breathing.

How a Taco Bell manager knew what to do next

Arbaugh, a mother of four, threw off her headset and ran outside to Long. She reassured her everything was going to be OK, then took the baby. He was blue.

“Very blue,” Arbaugh said Thursday during her regular shift at the Second Street Pike restaurant.

But Arbaugh knew what to do. She took CPR training years earlier after one of her children had a similar episode. But she had never performed it before.

Arbaugh started doing chest compressions. After a minute or two, Myles started breathing, opened his eyes and let out a cry.

“It was like a calm came over me. I can’t describe it,” she said. “The only thought in my head was to keep her calm and get the baby breathing again. I knew he was going to breathe again.”

The gravity of what happened didn’t hit her until later, when she called her boss to explain why she had to close the drive-thru temporarily. She started sobbing.

But after a 10-minute break to compose herself, Arbaugh said she went back on the food line, and finished her regular shift.

Baby Myles has a long road to recovery. How you can help his family

Myles was taken to St. Christopher’s Hospital for Children where he remains in the pediatric ICU, breathing on his own and alert, Long said.

Doctors are still trying to figure out why Myles stopped breathing, which had never happened before, said Long, who also has a 3-year-old daughter.

Two weeks ago he had surgery to correct an airway condition he was diagnosed with shortly after he was born, Long said. Another surgery is scheduled for next week, she said.

“He has a long road to recovery,” Long added. “It sounds like months of recovery.”

The family has started a GoFundMe campaign to help cover the mounting medical expenses and other travel and daily costs.

“We definitely could have lost him,” Long said. “Thank God Becky was there or we wouldn't be having this conversation.”

A new friendship forged in fast thinking and fast food

On Thursday, Taco Bell's corporate office issued a statement lauding Arbaugh, who has worked at the restaurant for two years.

“We are incredibly proud of Becky from the Taco Bell brand’s Richboro, Pa, location for her heroic act earlier this week. We are getting in touch to express appreciation for her quick actions and kindness."

The women have become fast friends. They talk daily and follow each other on Facebook.

As word has spread about Arbaugh’s lifesaving action, she has heard regular customers, and new ones, who’ve stopped at the restaurant to thank her. But she is taking the attention in stride.

“I’m just kind of blown away,” she said. “I'm not a hero, I was just trying to help another mom. That’s it.”

Reporter Jo Ciavaglia can be reached at jciavaglia@gannett.com

This article originally appeared on Bucks County Courier Times: Richboro Taco Bell employee hailed for life-saving action with baby