A fourth grader sprung into action when he realized his classmate was choking on her lunch. Nine-year-old Matthew Lowe said it was a typical day in the cafeteria between the long lines for food and the shouting kids. That was until Matthew noticed something was wrong with his friend Arya Comins.
"I realized that she was choking," Matthew said.
The two fourth graders say it happened on Halloween. Arya had a hard time swallowing part of a bread stick she was eating for lunch.
"I stood up and was hitting her back," Matthew said. "The first three times, it didn't really work, so then I did it harder and it worked."
Arya said she is relieved that she is OK but in that moment, she was terrified.
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