A video has emerged on social media showing a ninth-grade student saving a classmate's life.

According to KUTV News, Jackson Johnson was saved from choking by his fellow pupil Hunter Olson.

Surveillance cameras installed at West Jordan Middle School in Utah managed to capture the ordeal, which took place in the cafeteria when the boys were eating lunch.

Take a look at this footage of the incident in the video below:

Midway through their meal, Olson noticed that Johnson's face had turned blue and that he was unable to breathe after a piece of chicken became lodged in his throat.

Luckily, Olson had learned the Heimlich maneuver in his eighth-grader teacher Kathy Howa's health class, where students practiced life-saving techniques on Resusci-Annies body dummies.

Thus, he immediately lept to action. Wrapping his arms around Johnson's midriff, he pumped six times and eventually managed to dislodge the choking hazard.

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Per KUTV, Olson opened up about the incident in a podcast hosted by Jordan School District Superintendent Anthony Godfrey, stating: "My first instinct was just to come up and try to help as much as I could.

"I had to like, make sure he was actually choking first because we were all at the table, just laughing, just cause we thought he was just choking on something little, like, it went down the wrong tube or something.

"And then, he was just coughing over the garbage can."

Meanwhile, teacher Kathy Howa later told the West Jordan Journal: "You hope that those children are actually listening to you.

"When something like this happens, and you find out that they did—there is no greater reward than somebody that's actually saving somebody else's life."

Howa, who has been teaching for 28 years, also stated that she plans on showing the footage to future students to reinforce the idea that learning these life-saving skills can be valuable.

She added: "There's a lot of work in teaching, especially with what we've been going through, but it’s not about that.

"It's about touching these kids and hoping that you make them great human beings to go out in the community and to just be good people."

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Heartstopping video footage has emerged online showing the moment a teacher saved a choking third-grader's life.

As reported by CBS News,East Orange Community Charter School teacher JaNiece Jenkins has been praised after she acted fast in what was a terrifying ordeal for everybody involved.

Earlier this month, Jenkins was teaching her third-grade math class when she suddenly heard one of her students, a young boy named Robert, coughing at his desk.

Although Jenkins initially thought nine-year-old Robert was just clearing his throat, surveillance footage reveals that the youngster had actually got a bottle cap lodged in his throat after trying to open it with his teeth.

Watch the scary moment unfold below:

Realizing he was in trouble, a quick-thinking Robert ran over to the back of the class to try and spit the cap out into a sink. Unable to do so, he approached his teacher at her desk and signaled for help.

Pointing at his throat, Jenkins realizes the boy is choking and quickly turns him around and performs the Heimlich maneuver.

Very quickly, the cap becomes dislodged and Robert is okay, as Jenkins can be seen comforting the young boy.

Amazingly, Robert appears to handle the situation calmly. (Whereas, if it was me, I'd have been crying on the floor asking the teacher to call my mommy and swearing off any food or drink for life.)

Speaking to CBS, the heroic teacher said: "I just sprung into action."

She continued: "After, I was relieved. I was relieved that he was okay and he was safe. But then I'm like, 'Oh my gosh, did this just really happen?'"

Jenkins also told Fox & Friends that she had learned the life-saving maneuver as part of her training - having recently completed a course in first aid and CPR.

"I took a moment, looked, surveyed over my class, made sure they were all okay and then, of course, I took Robert to see the nurse," Jenkins told Fox & Friends. It was only after she had checked on her class that the gravity of the situation hit her.

"Afterwards, I saw the video and then I was like, Oh, this really happened," Jenkins said, adding: "I got all emotional."

Jenkins - a true hero in the community - will now be recognized as such, and is set to receive an award and proclamation from East Orange Mayor Ted Green and Congressman Donald Payne Jr.

Truly an amazing woman and a hero!

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Oklahoma sixth-grader Davyon Johnson has been hailed as a hero after one very busy day.

On December 9, the quick-thinking 11-year-old saved a classmate from choking with the Heimlich maneuver. While most people would agree that saving one life was more than enough heroics for a day, Davyon proved he was made of stronger stuff - by rescuing a woman from a house fire mere hours later.

Per CNN, the boy's bravery didn't go unrewarded. Last week, he received three awards, being named an honorary police officer, an honorary sheriff's deputy, and a hero.

And true to form, he accepted all three honors on a single day.

Davyon's school principal Latricia Dawkins described the events of December 9 in more detail to Enid News. The Muskogee School principal recalled how a student was removing a cap from their water bottle with their mouth when the cap got lodged in their throat.

They started to choke - but thankfully, Davyon was on hand. When he saw what was happening he rushed over and performed the Heimlich maneuver. His quick reaction dislodged the cap and potentially saved the student's life.

Dawkins told the newspaper that Davyon was looking to pursue a career as an emergency respondent - and that his fast actions on that day have more than proven he's capable.

"He has always indicated that he wants to be an EMT," she said. "So he got to put that desire into action and immediately saved that young man."

But Davyon wasn't finished yet. Later that evening, he saw a woman's house on fire and - with little thought for his own safety - rushed up to help her off her porch and into her vehicle.

At the Muskogee School Board meeting last week, Davyon was awarded three times for his courage. The local police department presented him with an honorary officer certificate, the sheriff's department denoted him an honorary deputy, and the school board presented him with the heroism award.

They celebrated his achievements in a Facebook post, writing: "The Muskogee Public Schools Board of Education recognized sixth-grader Davyon Johnson during the board meeting Tuesday night."

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We all like to think that in an emergency we would be the calm and collected person whose quick-thinking saves the day. But the truth of the matter is that, when it comes down to it, no one knows exactly what they would do when a case of life or death presents itself.

Luckily for New Zealander Izak Bester, he can always count on his girlfriend Sarah Glass to pull through and keep him safe. After all, Sarah is the woman responsible for saving his life just this week - in one of the most horrifying ways possible.

Izak was having a BBQ with his partner and a group of friends at a farm near Waimarama Beach, Hawke's Bay, when a piece of steak meat became lodged in his throat and he suddenly started choking. Realising that the situation was urgent, Izak's friends tried the Heimlich manoeuvre; however, this did not help the situation and resulted in the 50-year-old passing out.

Knowing that her boyfriend - who had turned blue and then purple - was rapidly running out of time, midwife Sarah knew that there was one thing she had to do. Moments after Izak's heartbeat stopped, Sarah made a risky split-second decision, grabbing a Stanley knife and jamming the blade into his throat.

Although it may initially sound as if Sarah was doing more harm than good, the small incision, just below her boyfriend's Adam Apple, was an emergency tracheotomy, a surgical procedure designed to open a direct airway through an incision in the windpipe. Incredibly, her heroic actions gave Izak the oxygen he needed in order to survive the suffocation.

Immediately after, the group of friends went into full "emergency mode" and calmly went about trying to save their friend's life, using a home birth kit with an oxygen tank to keep the oxygen flowing to the 50-year-old's brain. Amazingly, Izak, who was in an induced coma for nearly three days and kept in hospital for another week, survived the incident.

However, doctors told him if it weren't for the oxygen, he would have suffered brain damage or organ failure, if he had lived at all.

A tracheostomy is a risky, high-stress procedure normally performed in an operating room under general anaesthesia; but Sarah told Stuff that she knew that she either had to cut her partner's throat open or risk losing her boyfriend for good.

"We had no choice - it was do that or he was dead," she said. "I think anyone could do it if they're looking at someone they care about and it's the only thing that will keep them alive."

Izak has hailed the courageous actions of his partner, naming her a "hero". The Hastings crematorium and cemetery manager said: "She's definitely a hero - it's pretty amazing but if I died or been brain damaged she would have carried that for the rest of her life. But she said it was a no-brainer because I was dead already." In addition, he was full of praise for his other friends, saying: "They just never gave up - they did CPR for 30 minutes."

I think we can all agree that Sarah and all of the people involved in saving Izak's life are true heroes who refused to give up in the face of adversity. We certainly wouldn't mind having them having them around in an emergency.

Even as an adult, I sometimes wonder how I would actually react in a life-or-death situation. Would I freeze up or spring into action? While some of us may not be the most effective in these moments as adults, this schoolboy and his friends acted fast, saving a life due to their quick thinking and ingenuity. Twins Joshua and Aaron Spaven, 13, were out for a bike ride when Aaron fell off and grazed his hands and knees on the ground. Aaron, who has learning difficulties and hates being dirty, went to wash his hands in a nearby lake, when he slipped and fell into the water. Fortunately his brother was on hand to save the day. Joshua tried to save him as he shouted for help, spotting their friends Sam and Bradley who happened to be walking their dogs nearby and came running to help. The three of them formed a human chain, holding on to the hood of each other's coats, while Joshua pulled Aaron from the water to dry land. Their mother, Tracy, said she panicked when she heard what happened, but was then impressed by the rescue. "Aaron has got depletion of chromosome 16 which affects his movement," the mother said. "He has hyper-mobility and learning difficulties, so he is not able to go out on his own". "One part of Aaron's condition is that he doesn't like having dirt on him and when he fell off his bike, he went down to the water to wash his hands. When Aaron fell in, Joshua rushed over to him to try and get him out but he couldn't reach him properly. He called out for help and it was just a coincidence that his friends were walking their dogs close by. The three lads formed a human chain and Joshua, who had hold of Aaron just by his cycle helmet, was able to pull him from the water." Once on dry land, the boys had him remove his wet jumper and gave him one of their coats to warm him up. Once he was feeling better, they contacted their mother and walked him home, where he had a hot shower and got to bed. Ms. Spaven, a community carer from Portsmouth, Hampshire, said: "I am just so proud of all the boys and for their quick thinking, even down to getting Aaron to remove his wet clothes to stop him getting colder. I have spoken to all their parents, but thank you just isn't enough for what they did. Joshua was quite upset about it all, he said to me that he nearly lost his brother - but he doesn't want to talk about it now, he just doesn't want to remember it." Joshua later opened up to the Portsmouth News, where he explained what had happened. "Aaron's head kept on going under I said one of you grab hold of my hood and then the other one grab the other's hood and we all made a chain and managed to pull him out," he explained. "I was worried I was going to lose my brother." Luckily that wasn't the case, and Aaron is thankful that he got out okay. "I thought I might drown," the 13-year-old said, "but I am proud of my brother and my friends for saving me."

A teacher at an elementary school in Michigan saved the life of a student's grandmother after she started slurring her words during a virtual lesson, CNN reports.

On September 22, first-grade teacher Julia Koch realized that her student's grandma was having a stroke and alerted the principal of Edgewood Elementary School.

Koch was in the middle of teaching her virtual learning class when she received a call from Cynthia Phillips, a student's grandma who was experiencing technical difficulties.

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Phillips was having issues charging her granddaughter's school tablet. When Koch spoke to Phillips, she knew that there was something was off about her voice.

"It was clear there was something very wrong. Her words were so jumbled, and I couldn't understand what she was trying to say," Koch told CNN. "She didn't sound like herself."

Concerned for Phillips, Koch immediately called Charlie Lovelady, the school's principal. Lovelady was then able to get a staff member to ring 911 and send an ambulance to Phillips' home.

"I noticed her speech was impaired, and I asked her if she was alright, and she was stumbling over her words and it was getting worse by the minute," Lovelady told CNN.

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Lovelady added, "I knew the symptoms of a stroke because I lost my father from a stroke so I told her to hold on and immediately got her help."

Phillips told CNN from the hospital, "I would have died if it weren't for the teacher being so quick and fast about getting me help."

She added, "It made me so close to the staff and the principal, even the secretary who hurried to get me on the phone with the principal. They showed up at my house to make sure I'm okay. I thank God I didn't die in front of my kids."

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For the time being, Phillips is still at the hospital, where she is slowly recovering.

Muskegon Heights Public School Academy System Superintendent Rané Garcia told CNN:

"I am immensely proud of both Ms. Koch and Mr. Lovelady.

"Their quick actions and the energy they have poured into relationships with students and families during this new way of education are making a significant positive difference in the lives of our students and their families".