02/12/2022
It was a normal day during lunch duty for Teresa Thomason, a kindergarten paraprofessional at Hazel Grove Elementary, when she noticed a young student appearing like he was going to throw up. A few seconds later, Thomason realized the boy was choking and sprang into action, saving his life.
“Thirty years of training, because we do it constantly, just kicked in,” Thomason said. “You never know when things might happen and being in the school system that is just something you need to look out for and everything just came back to me.”
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