Man who taped pacifier to his baby's mouth while intoxicated for 9 HOURS was given award for saving a woman's life as an EMT just two years prior
- Jordan Hirst of Pennsylvania is facing charges of child endangerment
- Police said Hirst used tape to keep a pacifier in his daughter's mouth for hours
- Friends who found the child say his son also had dried blood around his nose
A Pennsylvania father who is accused of taping a pacifier to his baby's mouth for hours while he was drunk was acknowledged saving a woman's life two years prior.
Jordan Hirst, 22, of South Greensburg, Pennsylvania was charged last week with misdemeanor reckless endangerment and two felony counts of child endangerment.
The incident happened on April 25 when Hirst called friends and family from his home and said he could not find his one-and-a-half-year-old son.
Once at the home, two of the friends located the boy on the floor next to his crib with dried blood in and around his nose.
Hirst's daughter, the group later found, was in her crib with her pacifier allegedly taped down around her mouth.
Court documents allege the father was 'so drunk' he didn't remember anything from 7 pm that night until 4 am the next morning.
The shocking incident involving the young kids comes not two years after Hirst and two fellow first responders were given an award for saving the life of a woman.
This is the South Greensburg, Pennsylvania home where EMT Jordan Hirst, 22, lives
Hirst was charged on May 24 with one count of reckless endangerment and two counts of child endangerment after his two kids were found in dangerous situations on April 25. Pictured: A police car outside of Hirst's home
Court documents allege the father was 'so drunk' he didn't remember anything from 7 pm that night until 4 am the next morning. Pictured: A toy car underneath the PA home's porch
Hirst called his friends around 8pm and on April 25 to ask them to help find his son and when they arrived, they located the boy inside his own room.
The friends removed the boy from the home and took him to his grandmother.
While the two friends took the young boy away from the southwest Pittsburgh-area home, three others discovered Hirst's daughter in her crib.
The entire group who responded to Hirst's home after his call were told by the 22-year-old man that he was inebriated, police said.
On Wednesday, the father of two was officially charged in Westmoreland County.
It's a horrifying turn of events for the first responder who helped to save the life of a woman with no pulse in September 2021.
At the time, Hirst was honored by Irwin Council for his work with the Irwin Volunteer Fire Department as an EMT.
The woman had suffered cardiac arrest and Hirst and two others worked to revive and keep her alive.
'All I was just thinking was to do my job, get on the chest and start (chest) compressions,' Hirst said to TribLive.com.
Inside of the home (pictured) friends found his one-and-a-half-year-old son on the ground next to his crib while his daughter was inside her crib with her pacifier allegedly taped to her mouth
The PA home where Hirst and two other first responders saved an unconscious woman in 2021
During a preliminary arraignment his bond was set at $25,000.
Hirst's preliminary hearing is scheduled for June 9.
According to court records, Hirst's only previous run-in with the law was a summary charge for going five or more miles over the speed limit in a 35mph zone in 2019.
It's currently unclear who his son and daughter are staying with at this time.
