Choking boy saved by police
Posted April 12th, 2008 by minortopics | via www.newsday.comA good piece of news for once, as police officers and family save a 12 year old boy who was choking on a piece of bread.
“It’s just a great thing,” said Thomas Reese, the boy’s uncle.
Police said Michael was heading out the door around 7:15 a.m. when his mother reminded him to eat breakfast and he grabbed a piece of bread.
When he started choking, his mother, Nancy Conklin, called out for help. Her brother, Reese, said Michael couldn’t breath or respond to them, and that his jaw was clenched.
Reese started to perform the Heimlich maneuver and was able to open his nephew’s jaw. When Officers Victor Perez and Vincent Sorrentino arrived at the home, Reese said they helped lay the boy on the floor.
Perez said he also performed the Heimlich maneuver on the child and was able to dislodge the food from the boy’s throat.