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Teacher's Aide Rescues Choking Child In Cliffside Park Teacher's Aide Rescues Choking Child In Cliffside Park
Teacher's Aide Rescues Choking Child In Cliffside Park Young Kayla Lopez was having lunch at Cliffside Park’s No. 3 school when a piece of meat suddenly got stuck. The choking 7-year-old was in distress and terribly frightened. Seeing what was happening, teacher’s aide Jessica Foster rushed over and dislodged the food with the Heimlich maneuver, said Kayla’s mom, Natasha Madrid. That wasn’t all, however. Foster held tight to Kayla, who was still “in shock and trembling” when Madrid’s husband arrived at the Palisade Avenue school to pick her up, her mom said. “She hugged Kayla, making her feel safe until one of us could get there,” Madrid sa…
Fair Lawn Man Chokes To Death On Food Fair Lawn Man Chokes To Death On Food
Fair Lawn Man Chokes To Death On Food A Fair Lawn man died when he choked on some food, authorities confirmed. What the 54-year-old victim choked couldn't immediately be determined by responders called to a 20th Street home shortly before 4:30 p.m. Tuesday, March 21. The Bergen County Prosecutor's Office was notified and the county Medical Examiner was requested. Kyle Mazza/UNF News took the photos.
Rutgers Dining Hall Worker Saved Choking Student From Waldwick When No One Else Knew How Rutgers Dining Hall Worker Saved Choking Student From Waldwick When No One Else Knew How
Rutgers Dining Hall Worker Saved Choking Student From Waldwick 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…