Custodian saves third grader from choking in Mohegan Lake Replay Video UP NEXT A custodian at an elementary school in Westchester County is a hero after saving the life of a choking student. Angelo Alessandro works as a custodian at George Washington Elementary School in the Lakeland Central School District. "My job is to any spill, anything. Clean up the table make sure if the kids need any help," Alessandro said. On April 20, a third-grade student began choking during lunch. Lunchtime in an elementary school cafeteria is pretty straight forward, lots of noise, lots of little bodies buzzing around. So it was the stillness that stood out to Alessandro.