FRESNO, Calif. (FOX26) \u2014 A seventh grader from Kastner Intermediate was recognized at an assembly for being a hero after his quick thinking helped save a classmate’s life at school.<\/p>\n
A student swallowed a piece of gum after a teacher told him to stop chewing it.<\/p>\n
The student started choking, holding his throat, coughing, and ran towards the door by the trash can.<\/p>\n
However, 13-year-old Jermaine Whitehead noticed and stepped in to help.<\/p>\n
He rushed over and performed the abdominal thrust maneuver to dislodge the gum.<\/p>\n
Jermaine was recognized by the school for his heroic efforts and making his family proud.<\/p>\n
He said, “Don’t be scared of a situation that’s very frightening. Try to be calm, persevere, and just do it. Take action.”<\/p>\n
This is the first time the school has ever awarded the Thunderbird Life Saving Award.<\/p>\n
The school’s principal says it highlights the student’s courage as well as the profound impact a single person can have on another.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"FRESNO, Calif. (FOX26) \u2014 A seventh grader from Kastner Intermediate was recognized at an assembly for being a…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":342256,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[31],"tags":[112,114,113],"class_list":["post-342255","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-fresno","tag-fresno","tag-fresno-headlines","tag-fresno-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/342255","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=342255"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/342255\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/342256"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=342255"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=342255"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=342255"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}