9-Year-Old Uses YouTube-Learned Heimlich Maneuver to Save Choking Classmate
Jayceon Branch's quick thinking during recess at a North Carolina school saved his 7-year-old friend's life.
- Jayceon Branch, a 9-year-old student at Raleigh Oak Charter Elementary, saved classmate Donye Moore, 7, from choking on a granola bar during recess.
- Branch performed the Heimlich maneuver, a technique he learned from watching YouTube videos, successfully dislodging the food from Moore's throat.
- The life-saving moment was captured on school surveillance video, showing Branch's decisive and calm response in a critical situation.
- The school celebrated Branch's heroism with a 'clap out' event, where students, teachers, and parents honored him and Moore for their bond and bravery.
- Both families and school officials praised Branch's actions, with the school emphasizing its values of teaching students to care for one another.