Heroic Long Island mom saves choking second grader’s life during school lunch: ‘My natural instincts kicked in’
NY Post
A Long Island school lunch monitor credited her motherly “instincts” for saving a second grader who began choking on a slice of pizza.
Francesca Augello, a six-year lunch aide at Wood Park Primary School in Commack, made her normal rounds in the cafeteria Friday when one of the students in her care seemed off, NBC New York reported.
“He was just staring at me so I asked if he was OK. He didn’t respond,” Augello told the outlet.
That’s when the horrified teacher realized 7-year-old Grayson Molina was choking on his food.
“He just opened his mouth, he couldn’t talk, so right then I knew he was choking.”
The mother of three quickly jumped into action and gave the boy the Heimlich maneuver, clearing the blockage from the boy’s throat and, ultimately, saving his life.
