A fourth grader in South Carolina is being credited with saving the life of a classmate.
The boys talked about the close call at the lunch table.
"When he started choking, I got behind him," said Damariyon Pichardo, trying not to smile. "At first, I thought he was playing."
But what happened during lunch at Independence Elementary School was not a laughing matter.
"It was hard for me to breathe, and I couldn't talk," said Thomas Adkins, who had almost finished his last chicken nugget when the incident began.
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Pichardo is still learning reading, writing and arithmetic, but he's got life-saving 101 down pat.
"My mom, she went to nursing school and then, like, she taught us how to do it before, and that came to mind when he started choking," Pichardo said.
The abdominal thrusts may have saved his friend's life, but also sparked the conversation of how to jump into action during an emergency like choking.
Both boys didn't let the close call change their thoughts on the menu. They still like the chicken nuggets.
(Source: WPXI)
