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A toddler climbed onto a luggage conveyor belt at Newark airport last week.

Port Authority officers rescued the child, who was headed for an X-ray machine.

The toddler was saved without any injury.

Officers are being praised for saving the life of a young child after some terrifying moments unfolded at an airport in New Jersey last week.

What we know:

A toddler wandered onto a luggage conveyor belt in Terminal A at Newark Liberty International Airport on Wednesday evening.

Officials say the young child was headed for an X-ray machine, but was rescued by Port Authority officers just minutes later.

The child was found uninjured in the checked baggage room on the lower level, according to NJ.com , who says the child's mother was at the JetBlue ticketing counter on the depa

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