Officer Saves Choking Child In School Cafeteria In Red Hook
A quick-thinking School Resource Officer in Dutchess County is being credited with saving a 12-year-old student who began choking during lunch at a middle school, authorities said.
The incident happened on Thursday, March 20, a little after noon, when Red Hook Police Officer David Schmitz, who was present in the school cafeteria, noticed a student in visible distress at the Linden Avenue Middle School cafeteria, the Red Hook Police Department said on Friday, March 21.
Recognizing that the child was choking, Schmitz immediately jumped into action and performed the Heimlich maneuver, suc…
Michele Rhodes, 55, ID'd As Woman Who Died At Elizabethtown Fair: Coroner
The woman who died following a "medical emergency" at the Elizabethtown Fair on Tuesday, August 20 has been identified by the Lancaster County Coroner's Office.
Michele Rhodes, 55, of Akron, PA, and originally from Mount Holly, NJ, choked to death at the Elizabethtown Fair, Chief Deputy Coroner Eric Bieber explained and as detailed in her obituary posted by Roseboro Stradling Funeral and Cremation Services, Inc., Denver.
Police officers were eating lunch at the fair located at 900 East High Street in Elizabethtown Borough when the incident began at 12:55 p.m. Aug. 20, as Da…
Toddler Sedated After Choking On Cherry In Northern VA
Every parent's worst nightmare came true for one couple in Northern Virginia when a cherry became lodged in their toddler's throat, and they weren't able to get it out.
Nikki Ing was outside with her husband and some of their children when her youngest son, Karter, 2, began choking on a defrosted, pitted, frozen cherry last week, she said on a GoFundMe campaign.
They called 911 immediately and, despite their efforts to dislodge the cherry, it wouldn't budge. A minute later, Karter lost consciousness.
The Ings and their neighbors began CPR until paramedics arrived and rushed Karter to the …
