School district honors paraprofessional’s heroic response

Danny Federico [email protected] In a heart-stopping moment at Suwannee Middle School (SMS) on Thursday, Aug. 24, a quick-thinking paraprofessional leaped into action to save a young student from choking on a piece of food in the cafeteria. The heroic act unfolded during lunchtime, when a substitute noticed one of her students was choking. Her distress caught the attention of Kendall Croft, who immediately leapt into action. “She just said, 'He's choking! He's choking!' So instead of standing there, I jumped in and started to perform the Heimlich,” Croft said. “It wasn't really working at first; I couldn't get under his sternum that well.” Croft said he ended up p