Janiece Jenkins, who had never before performed the Heimlich maneuver, had recently received training on what to do if a student was choking. “In the moment it was just like, OK, he needs my help, let me help him,” she said.
Robert, a third grader at East Orange Community Charter School in New Jersey swallowed a bottle top after taking it off with his teeth. Nine-year-old tried to get over to the sink but couldn t make it.