An Oklahoma school is recognizing a hero student who came to the rescue of a classmate who began choking during a recent lunchtime meal.
"Immediately, the boys around him stood up and started screaming for help from me, who was the adult in the room at the time," Nguyen said, noting that Cashton had been facing away from her."I was on the other side of the cafeteria and when I heard them scream, I ran to the students. However, there was one student, Garrett, who went way above and beyond just shouting for help.
"When it was done, we all took a breath and thought, 'Did that just happen? Was that for real? Did this really just happen?' And we had to go back and watch the security footage just to be sure that 'Oh, that is what happened. Oh, my goodness,'" Nguyen recalled."It was pretty mind-blowing." After about 15 minutes, Nguyen said Cashton had returned to the cafeteria to eat a new plate of chicken nuggets.
"That was extremely scary to know that in a matter of seconds, my child could have choked to death on food at school when you're not around," Smith said."There's not enough words to be grateful for saving him."