A YOUNG mum has praised a heroic and quick-thinking rail worker who saved her 11-month old baby’s life after he began choking.

Inquisitive baby Jessie Campbell grabbed some leaves from his pushchair as his mother Krystal, 24, walked back home with him and her five-year-old son, Tristan Harvath, from a picnic in Basildon.

Despite Krystal pulling the leaves away from him, Jessie had somehowmanaged to get a leaf in his mouth and began to choke.

The horrified mum desperately tried to get it out, but, as his face turned white and lips turned blue, she went into a blind panic.

The frantic mum screamed at Jamie Robertson, who was cleaning the inside of his car on his driveway, off Wheatfield Way, to help her and the hero leapt into action.

She said: “He took him out of the pram, checked his mouth and started patting him on the back over his arm. I just went into panic mode and couldn’t ring an ambulance because I was shaking so much.

“If it wasn’t for him, I would’ve lost my son, he wouldn’t be here today. If Jamie wasn’t at his car, I honestly don’t know what I would’ve done.”

A passer-by stopped and suggested taking the baby to the nearby Great Berry Doctor’s Surgery.

Jamie rushed the infant into the building where a nurse took over and reassured Krystal that Jessie was going to be fine.

The mum said she owes little Jessie’s life to 37-year-old Jamie, who works at Limehouse station as a train dispatcher for c2c.

She added: “There are no words that can say how brave he was to take on that situation.

“I’m so grateful there are people out there like him and he was where he was. Words can’t express how thankful me and my partner are.”

Reluctant hero Mr Robertson said he was just in “the right place at the right time” and instantly put his first aid training into practice.

He said: “It was like auto-pilot, I surprised myself really.

“The baby was struggling to breath first of all, then all of a sudden I must have cleared something because he started crying, which was a good sign.

“I have had first aid training with a few different companies I have worked for, so I knew to be gentle with a baby. It came in handy in the end.”

The day after the dramatic incident, which happened last Wednesday, Krystal thanked Mr Robertson by taking a card and box of chocolates to his home with Tristan, who said: “Thanks for saving my little brother”.