Middle School Student Thought He ‘Was Going to Die’ in Scary Choking Incident Before a Teacher ‘Saved’ His Life

A Georgia middle school student is sharing the frightening moment he says he couldn’t breathe while eating lunch — and how a nearby teacher stepped in and helped save his life.

Dalton Tomberlain, a seventh-grader at McClure Middle School, described the incident in a video posted by the Cobb County School District on Jan. 16. He said he was eating a burger when he suddenly felt something wrong.

“I was just eating a burger, and I felt like a soreness in my throat, and then I just could not breathe,” Dalton said. He explained that he put his hands around his neck to show English teacher Valerie Hodge that he was choking…

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