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Rutgers Dining Hall Worker Saved Choking Student From Bergen County When No One Else Knew How Rutgers Dining Hall Worker Saved Choking Student From Bergen County When No One Else Knew How
Rutgers Dining Hall Worker Saved Choking Student From Bergen County When No One Else Knew How Melanie Buschgans was at dinner with friends at Rutgers University's Livingston Dining Hall Feb. 4 when something unusual happened: She began to choke. The Waldwick native tried washing the cucumbers down with water to no avail. Then, her friends started to panic. "We went to the front desk and they didn't know what to do," recalls Buschgans, 18. And so, Buschgans' friends began yelling out for help. Halil Bektas, who works in the beverage section in the cafeteria, heard some noise. It's not unusual for college students to be noisy, so at first, he ignored it. But then Bektas turned aroun…

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