New York teen saves classmate’s life

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High school east lunchtime yesterday.

Ninth -- Corey Wallenberg and Yani make -- just sat down to eat and -- suddenly stops laughing and starts choking.

On the taco senate just -- and I -- really pretty well.

-- -- there was some pretty scary to me as soon as the scariest moment of my life stillness -- -- mean you know instantly yet wouldn't wouldn't do we wouldn't do that.

We had -- show us what he did next.

We ran around here so -- and so on.

And its.

-- stop and you just on the how many times you -- I did not -- -- -- three Yani could breathe again school officials say Kory saved Johnny's life.

Corey had learned the Heimlich maneuver is a boy -- several years ago but was able -- -- the technique in seconds.

Like any classic -- though he's unassuming and modest about it at all I was -- the only -- all right.

To be dealers as a -- because I see in his life he.

Knows that you.

-- principal Edward Thompson says there were several teachers in that luncheon at the time the Cory took care of the situation.

Before they even -- what it happened.

Corey it was so cool calm collected when this happened he knew that -- looked around a table and he was the one acted he's when it went up.

And and remembered what he had to do to help help a fellow students -- mom is just extremely depressed I I really am just.

Exciting it's.

And it's nice to know that.

I have somebody that could save me.

-- it was a little embarrassed about the whole thing but very grateful nonetheless do you know the Heimlich maneuver yourself.

On -- until all of it I've never performed it not me actually than you going to learn the Heimlich maneuver.

Definitely more than an hour and this can happen just anyone at any given time on the planet just in case nobody else sounds -- of course choking -- save.

-- -- Wallenberg was just happy he could help in saint James Suffolk County if you -- -- Fox 5 News.

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