A couple of Fall River men are being credited with saving the life of a baby who accidentally fell into a storm drain over the weekend.

The storm drain is covered now, but it was open enough and slippery enough on Saturday night for a 21-month-old baby to fall in after sliding out of a minivan in the area of Fourth and Morgan streets.

Hebert and another man, Pedro Davila, heard the mother's cries for help. He immediately grabbed some tools and ran to the scene.

When the men pulled the baby out, she was blue after being in the water for about a minute and a half. They started CPR immediately.

The baby, whose identity has not been released, was taken to Hasbro Children's Hospital in Providence. She was expected to be OK.

Hebert, who said he has many medical and financial problems has sometimes wondered "why Jesus keeps me on this Earth."

He told a Fall River newspaper, “I got my answer tonight. It was to save that little girl.”