9-year-old saves choking younger cousin

MCNAIRY COUNTY, TN (WREG) — When 9-year-old Timothy Prather noticed his little cousin Conner choking on a Lifesavers candy recently, he jumped into action and became a life saver himself.

The pair were attending a rodeo with Timothy’s grandparents when Conner started choking.

“He was just crying and stomping his feet and holding his throat,” Timothy said. “Our mam-maw had him upside down and our pap-paw was patting his back, that’s how I knew something was wrong.”

Prather performed a procedure he remembered thanks to a poster hanging in his school cafeteria.

Recalling what he’s seen on the poster at school and some YouTube videos he’d watched, Timothy dropped to his knees at started the Heimlich maneuver.

“I took him, and I started pushing his stomach, like this,” Timothy said.

After a few moments, the candy was dislodged from Conner’s throat.

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