A fifth-grader in Michigan came to the rescue on Monday morning when hesaved his computer teacher’s lifeafter he saw her choking on a muffin.Dylan Paul, a student at All Saints Elementary in Bay City,told CBS affiliate WNEMthat teacher Karen Renko suddenly started doing the universal choking sign.“I get out of my chair, take off my phones, and I ask her if she is choking,” he said.Then the fast-thinking student performed chest thrusts on her.“What I did was I propped right up at the sternum and then I would pull back. And then somebody else, the other kids in my class, went to go get teachers to help, but when they got there I already, um, she had already stopped choking,” he told the news outlet.Renko also spoke to WNEM and said that she is “so thankful to have had Dylan in the room at the time.”“His presence of mind and willingness to step up and help shows that he is wise beyond his years. Dylan is a real-life hero,” she said.Principal Lisa Rhodus told the news outlet she is “so proud to think that he was able to react in the situation that could’ve been very scary for fifth-graders.”“It’s a scary situation and [he] reacted so quickly and we are very proud of him.”Added Paul: “I am very thankful for what she has done for me. So I think it kind of made it even.”

A fifth-grader in Michigan came to the rescue on Monday morning when hesaved his computer teacher’s lifeafter he saw her choking on a muffin.

Dylan Paul, a student at All Saints Elementary in Bay City,told CBS affiliate WNEMthat teacher Karen Renko suddenly started doing the universal choking sign.

“I get out of my chair, take off my phones, and I ask her if she is choking,” he said.

Then the fast-thinking student performed chest thrusts on her.

“What I did was I propped right up at the sternum and then I would pull back. And then somebody else, the other kids in my class, went to go get teachers to help, but when they got there I already, um, she had already stopped choking,” he told the news outlet.

Renko also spoke to WNEM and said that she is “so thankful to have had Dylan in the room at the time.”

“His presence of mind and willingness to step up and help shows that he is wise beyond his years. Dylan is a real-life hero,” she said.

Principal Lisa Rhodus told the news outlet she is “so proud to think that he was able to react in the situation that could’ve been very scary for fifth-graders.”

“It’s a scary situation and [he] reacted so quickly and we are very proud of him.”

Added Paul: “I am very thankful for what she has done for me. So I think it kind of made it even.”

source: people.com