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Nassau
News
Man Chokes At Disability Center In Levittown, Is Saved By Quick Thinking: Police Man Chokes At Disability Center In Levittown, Is Saved By Quick Thinking: Police
Man Chokes At Disability Center In Levittown, Is Saved By Quick Thinking: Police A Long Island man at a disability center who turned blue after choking on his food was saved when a faculty member sprang into action. It happened on Monday, Nov. 27 in Levittown. At approximately 12:15 p.m., a 58-year-old man started to choke while he was eating food at the Adults and Children with Learning & Developmental Disabilities Center (ACLD), located at 2940-42 Hempstead Turnpike. Luckily, a 60-year-old employee, who has not been named, noticed the man had turned blue and began to perform CPR until authorities arrived. Using a Life Vac device, police were able to dislodge …

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by Sophie Grieser
Suffolk NY
Schools
Life-Savers: 'Heroic' Islip Teacher Aides Honored For Helping Choking Students Life-Savers: 'Heroic' Islip Teacher Aides Honored For Helping Choking Students
Life-Savers: 'Heroic' Islip Teacher Aides Honored For Helping Choking Students A trio of teacher’s aides are getting the attention they deserve after together, they saved two children from choking just days apart from each other. During a Board of Education meeting on Wednesday, Oct. 11, the Connetquot Central School District honored the three staff members – Lori Stellwagen, Amy Loretta, and Samantha Gallo — for saving the lives of two students who were choking. The first incident happened on Friday, Sept. 22 at Edward J. Bosti Elementary. During lunch time, a kindergarten student choked on a chicken nugget that he had brought from home. Luckily, his one-on-…

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by Sophie Grieser
Fairfax
News
Toddler Sedated After Choking On Cherry In Northern VA Toddler Sedated After Choking On Cherry In Northern VA
Toddler Sedated After Choking On Cherry In Northern VA Every parent's worst nightmare came true for one couple in Northern Virginia when a cherry became lodged in their toddler's throat, and they weren't able to get it out. Nikki Ing was outside with her husband and some of their children when her youngest son, Karter, 2, began choking on a defrosted, pitted, frozen cherry last week, she said on a GoFundMe campaign. They called 911 immediately and, despite their efforts to dislodge the cherry, it wouldn't budge. A minute later, Karter lost consciousness. The Ings and their neighbors began CPR until paramedics arrived and rushed Karter to the …

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by Cecilia Levine
Yorktown
Schools
School Worker Saves Choking Student In Yorktown School Worker Saves Choking Student In Yorktown
School Worker Saves Choking Student In Yorktown A custodian is being hailed as a hero by school district officials in Northern Westchester for saving the life of a choking elementary school student.  Custodian Craig Nelson was honored by the Yorktown Central School District's Board of Education for his life-saving actions during their meeting on Monday, June 12.  Nelson was recognized for his quick thinking on Thursday, May 11, when a student at Mohansic Elementary School experienced a choking incident while eating. After noticing this, Nelson ran over and performed the Heimlich maneuver until the food object was succ…

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by Ben Crnic
Worcester
News
Viral Video Shows Twin Saving Choking Brother At Leicester Middle School Viral Video Shows Twin Saving Choking Brother At Leicester Middle School
Viral Video Shows Twin Saving Choking Brother At Leicester Middle School A video of a 12-year-old Worcester County girl using the Heimlich maneuver on her choking twin brother has made the two viral stars.  Amelia Loverme said she didn't think about what to do and just acted when she saw her brother Charlie choking on a piece of cheese in the lunchroom of Leicester Middle School earlier this month.  The 12-year-old wrapped her arms around Charlie, and with a few quick, sharp blows, she dislodged the immobile mozzarella. Within seconds, the story changed from horror to hero.  "It was just instinct," Amelia Loverme told CBS News. "I didn't really know what to do…

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by Josh Lanier
Cliffside Park-Edgewater
News
Teacher's Aide Rescues Choking Child In Cliffside Park Teacher's Aide Rescues Choking Child In Cliffside Park
Teacher's Aide Rescues Choking Child In Cliffside Park Young Kayla Lopez was having lunch at Cliffside Park’s No. 3 school when a piece of meat suddenly got stuck. The choking 7-year-old was in distress and terribly frightened. Seeing what was happening, teacher’s aide Jessica Foster rushed over and dislodged the food with the Heimlich maneuver, said Kayla’s mom, Natasha Madrid. That wasn’t all, however. Foster held tight to Kayla, who was still “in shock and trembling” when Madrid’s husband arrived at the Palisade Avenue school to pick her up, her mom said. “She hugged Kayla, making her feel safe until one of us could get there,” Madrid sa…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Fair Lawn-Glen Rock
News
Fair Lawn Man Chokes To Death On Food Fair Lawn Man Chokes To Death On Food
Fair Lawn Man Chokes To Death On Food A Fair Lawn man died when he choked on some food, authorities confirmed. What the 54-year-old victim choked couldn't immediately be determined by responders called to a 20th Street home shortly before 4:30 p.m. Tuesday, March 21. The Bergen County Prosecutor's Office was notified and the county Medical Examiner was requested. Kyle Mazza/UNF News took the photos.

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by Jerry DeMarco
Middlesex NJ
News
Rutgers Dining Hall Worker Saved Life Of Choking Student When No One Else Knew How Rutgers Dining Hall Worker Saved Life Of Choking Student When No One Else Knew How
Rutgers Dining Hall Worker Saved Life Of Choking Student When No One Else Knew How Melanie Buschgans was at dinner with friends at Rutgers University's Livingston Dining Hall Feb. 4 when something unusual happened: She began to choke. The Waldwick native tried washing the cucumbers down with water to no avail. Then, her friends started to panic. "We went to the front desk and they didn't know what to do," recalls Buschgans, 18. And so, Buschgans' friends began yelling out for help. Halil Bektas, who works in the beverage section in the cafeteria, heard some noise. It's not unusual for college students to be noisy, so at first, he ignored it. But then Bektas turned aroun…

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by Cecilia Levine
Union
Police & Fire
HEROES: Off-Duty EMTs, Officer Coincidentally Dining At Same Rahway Restaurant Save Choking Man HEROES: Off-Duty EMTs, Officer Coincidentally Dining At Same Rahway Restaurant Save Choking Man
Heroes: Off-Duty EMTs, Officer Coincidentally Dining At Same Rahway Restaurant Save Choking Man A group of off-duty EMTs and an off-duty police officer who all happened to be eating at the same Rahway restaurant sprung into action to save a man choking on his food Monday night. The six medics and the officer were dining at The Waiting Room in Rahway, when the man began choking on a piece of steak around 9:30 p.m. Elizabeth EMT Amber Henderson, 27, was the first to notice. "I happened to look over and saw a woman standing up and hitting a man on the back," she told Daily Voice. Henderson stood up slowly to see if the man was able to get the food out, but noticed very quickly that wa…

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by Cecilia Levine
Sussex
Police & Fire
HEROES: Byram Police Save Elderly Man Choking On Food HEROES: Byram Police Save Elderly Man Choking On Food
Heroes: Byram Police Save Elderly Man Choking On Food Police in Byram jumped to action to save the life of a 60-year-old man who had stopped breathing and had no pulse after choking on food Tuesday afternoon. Sgt. Daniel DeWald, Officer Victor Marin and Officer Marcus Lisa started to perform CPR on the man at a home in Byram around 12:30, authorities said. The officers then attached an automatic external defibrillator and were able to successfully remove “a large quantity of food” from the man’s airway, authorities said. The Lakeland Emergency Squad and St. Clare’s Paramedics arrived at the scene and took over lifesaving efforts, helping the …

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by Valerie Musson