PORT ORANGE, Fla. (AP) – A Florida teacher is being hailed as a hero after performing the Heimlich maneuver on an 11-year-old student in her social studies class.
The teacher, Corey McCormack at Silver Sands Middle School in Port Orange, told The Daytona Beach News-Journal (http://bit.ly/1GV3UD3) she saw Timothy Monahan stand up last Thursday with his hands around his throat. She quickly turned him around and performed the maneuver, which dislodged a piece of candy lodged in his throat.
Monahan says he remembers getting weak before standing up. Once the candy popped out, he took a breath and high-fived his teacher. He says she told him “nobody dies in my classroom.”
His mother Amy Monahan says words can’t describe her gratitude. The next day Timothy brought her a gift card and a #1 Teacher teacup.