Kansas fourth-grader rescues another student at lunch with Heimlich maneuver

It’s always good to have a friend in the school cafeteria – especially when that friend is a hero.

Scott City Elementary School fourth-grader Keller Turner wasted no time leaping into action to save a friend from choking at lunch.

It happened on Friday around 1:30 p.m. in the Kansas school cafeteria. Nicole Turner, the proud mother of the 10-year-old, said the students were having lunch as usual when a friend of Keller’s started choking.

“His face turned red really, really fast, and I knew he wasn’t joking,” Keller said. “I just took action instead of waiting for it.”

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