Crime & Safety
Hugh Cole 5th-Grader Hailed as 'Hero'
Haleigh Hunt used Heimlich Maneuver to dislodge food stuck in friend's windpipe at Hugh Cole School.
Hugh Cole School fifth-grader Haleigh Hunt may have saved her friend’s life last Friday, Oct. 4. She was recognized as a hero last Monday, Oct. 7.
Haleigh and Gianna McDonough were eating lunch together when Gianna began choking on a piece of pineapple, according to a story in the Warren Times. Haleigh remembered training she was taught in a health class on the Heimlich Maneuver.
Haleigh jumped up, wrapped her arms around Gianna's chest, stuck a fist under her ribs as taught and pulled inward and outward several times. The pineapple piece popped out.
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Haleigh, Gianna and their parents come to Hugh Cole School on Monday for a recognition ceremony with Warren Fire Chief Alexander Galinelli, who referred to Haleigh as “a hero.”
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