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9-year-old saves choking friend at school using Heimlich learned from YouTube

Jason Weisberger
Mar 12, 2025
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Nine-year-old Jayceon Branch saw his friend struggling to breathe during recess. Branch lept into action and performed the Heimlick maneuver on seven-year-old Donye Moore. Branch credits YouTube for his expert airway clearing, having watched an instructional video after watching his teacher perform the act during an earlier inciden…

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