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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…

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by Jerry DeMarco