9-year-old Wisconsin elementary school student saves choking classmate with Heimlich maneuver
Racine Unified School Board plans to honor Essie Collier at a school board meeting
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A 9-year-old elementary school student in Wisconsin may have saved the life of a classmate by performing the Heimlich maneuver on her as she choked on food, authorities said.
Essie Collier, a fourth grader at Racine’s Fratt Elementary School, noticed one of her classmates was in distress during lunch Tuesday. Students were eating in a classroom because the lunchroom had been cleared out so residents could vote.
"I just saw that she was holding her neck, and I rushed up there as fast as I can," Essie said.
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Teacher Samantha Bradshaw said Essie wrapped her arms around the student and began performing the Heimlich. Her classmate’s airway was cleared, and within seconds the girl was breathing fine.
A Wisconsin 9-year-old saved her choking classmate using the Heimlich maneuver on Tuesday during lunch.
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"I have never seen a student react in that way before," Bradshaw said.
Essie said that she learned the technique two years earlier from a YouTube instructional video, when she was 7, and that the lesson stayed with her.
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The Racine Unified School Board plans to honor Essie at a board meeting in late November for her heroics.