“I just went into action,” said Valerie Hodge, an English teacher at McClure Middle School in Georgia
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- Dalton Tomberlain, a student in Georgia, recalled the terrifying moment he thought he “was going to die” while choking on food
- McClure Middle School teacher Valerie Hodge remembered how she “went into action” to save the young boy’s life
- Dalton’s mom, Courtney, expressed her gratitude, noting, “It could have been a tragic situation for our family”
A student in Georgia recalled the terrifying moment he thought he “was going to die” while choking on food — and how a teacher “saved” his life.
Dalton Tomberlain, a seventh-grader at McClure Middle School, revealed in a video shared by the Cobb County School District on Jan. 16 what happened before English teacher Valerie Hodge came to the rescue.
“I was just eating a burger, and I felt like a soreness in my throat, and then I just could not breathe,” Dalton said, adding that he placed his hands around his neck to show Hodge he was choking on food…