15yr Old Saves A Life

When 15-year-old Sydney Raley clocked in for her shift recently at a McDonald’s in Eden Prairie, a few miles south of Minneapolis, she didn’t expect to clock out as a hero.

After handing a customer some of her food in the drive-thru, Sydney popped back out of the window to let her know the rest was on the way. That’s when Sydney noticed the woman was choking on a chicken nugget.

Sydney instructed both her manager and the woman’s daughter to call 911 as she quickly jumped through the window to help the woman. She  took a Red Cross babysitter class at age 11, where she learned the Heimlich manoeuvre, and “all that training immediately kicked in.”

The manoeuvre didn’t work the first couple of times Sydney tried, so she called on a bystander to assist.Eventually the nugget was set free, and the woman was able to breathe again. Afterwards, the woman was in shock but very thankful toward Sydney.

Two officers from the Edina Police Department then arrived on the scene to check on the woman, and had a reward for the teen. “They said, ‘Congratulations you’re a lifesaver; you’re a hero.'” Sydney said. They gave her US$100 from a fund they use for people who do good work in the community.

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This post was written by Dave Palmer