Kayla Lopez, 7, was eating lunch in her classroom when she started choking.
Kayla Lopez, 7, was eating lunch in her Cliffside Park classroom when she started choking. Anthony Johnson has more.Kayla Lopez, 7, was eating lunch in her New Jersey classroom when she started choking.Thankfully, teacher's aide Jessica Foster came from her classroom and used the Heimlich maneuver to dislodge a piece of steak stuck in Kayla's windpipe.
"She just put all fear aside - no hesitation. She did what she did and she saved my kid's life," said Kayla's mother Natasha Madrid.
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