The Brief
- A Lynch Elementary School cafeteria manager saved a five-year-old kindergartner who was choking on a peanut butter and jelly sandwich last Wednesday.
- Manager Jacob Moss performed the Heimlich maneuver after a volunteer and monitor spotted the child in distress and radioed for help.
- The student, Byron King, was checked by paramedics and is doing well.
TAMPA, Fla. – A Tampa Bay elementary school cafeteria manager is being hailed as a hero after using life-saving skills he learned decades ago to rescue a student who was choking.
The incident took place last Wednesday during the lunch rush at Lynch Elementary School in St. Petersburg.
Jacob Moss, the school’s food and nutrition manager, was finishing up cooking in the kitchen when he heard a call for help over his radio. Five-year-old kindergartner Byron King had been eating a peanut butter and jelly sandwich when he began choking and ran to a nearby trash can, feeling like he was going to throw up.…