Neighbors answered a mother's plea for help to save her baby when he stopped breathing.

Raven Taylor says it's surreal thinking back on the moments her son almost died.

On Monday she had just fed her one month old son, Khami, then moments later she found him unresponsive. She ran around her house and had a friend call police.

"So I went outside because I was like someone is going to hear me, and maybe someone can help me because I'm not educated (in CPR) and I just started screaming for someone to help me," Taylor said.

Then her neighbor named Joe and a woman named Ashley ran to help.

"He snatched him from me, and I remember begging him over and over to please save my son, and he looked at me, and he told me I don't think there's any hope, but I will try. I had tears streaming," Taylor said.

Joe Rohn is CPR certified through work and has been for more than 20 years.

"Never in my wildest dreams did I ever figure I do use it," Rohn said.

After nearly 10 minutes passed the baby opened his eyes.

"The paramedics told me that's what kept my son alive, Joe and Ashley, so I feel like owe my life to them," Taylor said.

Joe and Raven had started the day as strangers, but now they're family.

"Anytime the doctors come in and say stuff I call him, because I feel like you're my son's hero. You saved my son's life," Taylor said.

"She said you're totally welcome to be the godfather of this child, and I was like, well, thank you," Rohn said, "And I said if you need a baby sitter, I'm here. You need somebody as a fatherly figure for the child, I'm here for that. Whatever you need I'll be here. I'm right next-door. So if anything happens again, let me know."

Khami is still at the University of Iowa Stead Family Children's Hospital, but is expected to be OK.

Taylor says she has already signed up to get CPR certified just in case anything like that happens again. Both she and Joe said they recommend it to anyone because you never know when you may need it.