A Virginia first grade teacher says she is alive today because three of her students refused to panic when she suddenly began choking in class.
WFMZ reported that Madison Swift, a first-year teacher at Lakeview Elementary School in Colonial Heights, began choking while working with a student during lunch.
The school is located about 20 minutes south of Richmond.
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Swift said the incident happened without warning. She was eating in her classroom when she realized she could not breathe.
Three of her first graders, Kolton, Dereck, and Bryson, recognized something was wrong and jumped into action.
“She choked and she cannot breathe,” first grader Dereck Contreras said.
Bryson Doss said Swift’s face and eyes “started going red.”
Kolton Hersh said he “pat her on her
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