The Brief
- Thirteen-year-old Jermaine Whitehead was in class when his classmate started choking on gum.
- Jermaine was recognized and honored at a Kaster Intermediate school assembly this week for his quick thinking.
- The two weren’t that close before, but this scary moment developed their friendship into something greater.
FRESNO, Calif. – Heroes come in all ages: this hero is a seventh grader from Fresno who stopped his classmate from choking.
Student jumps into action
What we know:
Thirteen-year-old Jermaine Whitehead was in class when his teacher told his peer, Kacen Brown, 12, to stop chewing gum. Instead, Kacen started choking on it.
“I was so scared – is he going to survive, is he good?… I knew nothing, I just tried to save him,” Jermaine said.…