NJ Kid Saves Mom the Same Day He Learns Heimlich [VIDEO]

Mar 23, 2011 – 8:20 AM

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A 12-year-old New Jersey boy had to put a health class lesson to good use. Ramin Eshaghi's mother was choking, and the boy saved her with the Heimlich maneuver he learned just hours earlier.

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