Quick-acting custodian uses Heimlich maneuver to save choking 1st-grader [View all]

[Omaha Steve]

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By Julie Anderson Published Wednesday, February 19, 2014 at 1:00 am / Updated at 1:26 am

A sudden crisis, a quick response.

And one very grateful family and a somewhat sheepish custodian.

Addison Hager, a first-grader at Westside's Sunset Hills Elementary, was finishing her lunch Feb. 10 when she stood up to walk to a trash can in the lunchroom. She was eager to get to recess.


Addy Hager was just finishing her lunch Feb. 10 at Westside's Sunset Hills Elementary when a piece of salami became lodged in her throat. Longtime custodian Orlando Stubblefield administered the Heimlich maneuver. He was recognized by the Westside school board Monday for his quick action.


But as she stood, a piece of salami lodged in her throat. Classmates noticed that she was choking and alerted Orlando Stubblefield, the school custodian, who was standing nearby.

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